Talking about family photographs and the Australian baby boomers' legacy : opening the shoeboxes : snapshots, memories and narratives /
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2015
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Sweet, David Alan,
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The Baby Boomer is the first generation to have relatively uncomplicated access to mass-produced cameras, inexpensive processing of images and an extensive personal collection of photographs. In major segments of the western world, academic interest in post World War II family collections of photographs is steadily increasing. However, there are few Australian authored papers, narratives, or noteworthy texts that consider the cultural value and influence, or the growing social and historic value of these family photographic collections. This thesis explores the way in which Australian Baby Boomers construct the narratives from their lives using their family photographic collection. Furthermore it examines how these photographs influence family histories by examining the opportunity that is presented to Baby Boomers to curate their legacy. Accordingly this thesis is situated at the intersection of oral history and auto/ethnography.
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University of South Australia. School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
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Thesis (PhD(Communication))--University of South Australia, 2015.
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Copyright 2015 David Sweet.
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1 ethesis (xxii, 314 pages) :
illustrations, photographs (some colour)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-314) and index.
illustrations, photographs (some colour)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-314) and index.
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