Ernest Brown’s “Birth of the West”: Early narratives of imagined space and race in Western Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorStortz, Paul James
dc.contributor.authorYaremko, Scott
dc.contributor.committeememberColpitts, George
dc.contributor.committeememberFelske, Lorry William
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-07T14:25:20Z
dc.date.available2018-06-07T14:25:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-20
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the life and works of settler photographer Ernest Brown, and identifies ways in which Alberta and its Indigenous inhabitants were imagined, perceived and manipulated through his vocation towards history and education. Brown presents a unique case study in the historiography of Western Canadian photography, as he utilized his extensive collection of photographs to establish a museum running from 1933 to 1939 in the heart of Edmonton, as well as a series of teaching pictures called “The Birth of the West.” While many photographers made a living through portrait studios or by selling views as souvenirs, Brown crafted an imagined settler space and history in the West, with specific roles for the Indigenous peoples with whom he was so infatuated.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYaremko, S. (2018). Ernest Brown’s “Birth of the West”: Early narratives of imagined space and race in Western Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/31966en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31966
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106731
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectWestern Canada
dc.subjectSettler Colonialism
dc.subjectColonialism
dc.subjectPhotography
dc.subjectErnest Brown
dc.subjectEdmonton
dc.subject.classificationCanadian Studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationEconomics--Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory--Canadianen_US
dc.titleErnest Brown’s “Birth of the West”: Early narratives of imagined space and race in Western Canada
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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