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A Gallery of Absence
Author Info
Mmerenu, Harrison Chinekotam Yagazie
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7639-3793
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1668810810312548
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2022, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, English.
Abstract
This thesis is a collection of essays titled A Gallery of Absence. These essays explore themes such as memory, absence, grief and tyranny through photography. The first essay, “Picturing Biafra”, chronicles the significance of photos of Biafran children in understanding the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70, and how children who didn’t witness the war come to an understanding about the hardship faced by their parents. The titular essay, “A Gallery of Absence” meditates on death, absence and how grief could be a cruel, lonely process. “Picture of the Mind” and “An Image of Tyranny” both reflect on the generational impacts images of tyranny could have and how images could reflect power.
Committee
Daisy Hernandez (Committee Member)
Pepper Stetler (Committee Member)
TaraShea Nesbit (Advisor)
Pages
90 p.
Subject Headings
African Studies
;
Art Criticism
;
History
;
Sub Saharan Africa Studies
Keywords
Absence
;
grief
;
memory
;
loss
;
death
;
photography
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Mmerenu, H. C. Y. (2022).
A Gallery of Absence
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1668810810312548
APA Style (7th edition)
Mmerenu, Harrison.
A Gallery of Absence.
2022. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1668810810312548.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Mmerenu, Harrison. "A Gallery of Absence." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1668810810312548
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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