El género detrás de las cámaras. Mujeres fotógrafas europeas

Abstract: Abstract: Women have never been a homogenous and essentialised category. Extending the analysis of women to the notion of gender is useful for keeping in mind that ‘woman’ and ‘man’, while biological types are cultural constructs. Gender denotes perceptions of femininity and masculinity and, at the same time, hierarchical structures and power relations in society. Gender is a multi-layered concept that opens up other notions, such as class, race and religion; as well as other epistemological meanings. These arguments, and recent historical research applied to European women photographers, have led us to the aim of this monograph: updating some of the fundamental questions and renewing our knowledge of European women photographers’ work. We do not exclude those who have made their way outside Europe and used different photographic practices. At the same time, we consider women photographers who have extended their activity to cinema, a medium where, historically, they have been underrepresented. These issues are transversal to the ten articles in this monograph, which has been structured, for reasons of presentation, into four chapters: Women Photographers: Legacies and Impact; Women Photographers: Biographies in Perspective; Documentary Photographers and Committed Photojournalists; Photography and Cinema: Approaches and Hypertexts.