ABSTRACT

This study analyzes photographs found in historical archives of Bedouin children in Palestine from over a hundred years ago. The Bedouin children were photographed in their natural environment by foreign European photographers touring the Holy Land. Young children were photographed held by their mothers, at work, on a path, or near the tent. The research unravels the context in which the pictures were constructed, documented, and archived. The study explores how colonialist photography in the region generated tropes of presentation of Bedouin children and examines its effects on forms of representation of their childhood of the time. The Bedouin women’s inferior status in society and its impact on the documentation of women and children are also examined. The study highlights notions of other children dressing up as ‘Hebrew Bedouins’ for studio portraiture as part of an orientalist cliché.

摘要

这项研究分析了一百多年前在巴勒斯坦贝都因儿童的历史档案中发现的照片。游历圣地的外国欧洲摄影师拍摄了贝都因儿童在自然环境中的照片。年幼的孩子被母亲抱着，在工作中、在路上或在帐篷附近拍照。该研究揭示了图片构建、记录和存档的背景。该研究探讨了该地区的殖民主义摄影如何产生贝都因儿童的表现形式，并研究其对他们当时童年表现形式的影响。还研究了贝都因妇女在社会中的低下地位及其对妇女和儿童文件的影响。