ABSTRACT
Photography, Immigration, and Canadianism:
1896-1921
Anna Maria Carlevaris
1992
In the years between 1896 and 1921 a massive influx of
immigrants to Canada directly affected the economic, political and social life of the
nation. In an era of rapid industrialization, growing population and an escalating crisis
in the administration of government services, immigration became the focus for larger
questions about national identity and social consciousness. The period under study also
marks the emergence of the modern era of photographic industrialization. Because of
technical developments the photograph became an important vehicle for visual communication
within networks such as those of the popular press and those of government run advertising
campaigns. By examining the use of the photograph in several types of immigration-related
material the thesis serves as a study of the relationship between photographic discourse
and issues of national and ethnic identity.
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