On ambivalent nativism: Hegemony, photography, and “recalcitrant alterity” in Sphakia, Crete

What is it about?

What does it mean to live in a society expected to be traditional? How do people negotiate this image? How can the scope of the visual destabilize anthropological certainties about the cultural subjugation of peripheries by centers?

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Why is it important?

The paper proposes a model of hegemony in the nation-state, based on the study of visual practices and embodied aesthetics. It combines various theoretical strands, ranging from subaltern studies to visual culture theory.