LANGE, Dorothea - Migrant Mother, Migrant Gender

Background information

'DISCOURSE' is a new series of small books in which a cultural theorist, curator, or artist explores a theme, artwork, or idea in an extended illustrated text."
"I argue that this photograph continues to attract attention in close comparison to Marian icons because it is not as simple or familiar a variant of Holy Family imagery as it first appears." (freely translated, © Sally Stein)

Content

"Sally Stein reconsiders the iconic portrait by Dorothea LANGE of motherhood and the modern landmark of family values in light of Lange's long overlooked 'Padonna' paintings and suggests that 'Migrant Mother' should indeed be seen as a disturbing image of women's conflicted relationship to home the world. Sally Stein is an American academic and cultural theorist living in Los Angeles. The interconnected issues she most often addresses involve the multiple effects of documentary images, the politics of gender, and the status and meaning of black and white and color images on our perceptions, beliefs, and even actions as consumers and citizens.

About US-American American photographer Dorothea LANGE (1895-1965)

Photo books by as well as with works by Dorothea LANGE