War and Photography
A Cultural History
Seiten
1996
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-13099-8 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-13099-8 (ISBN)
This book breaks new ground in claiming photo- graphs as valid documentary sources for the historian. Brothers applies her argument with special reference to French and British newspaper images of the Spanish Civil War.
Drawing on the work of Barthes, Eco, Foucault, Baudrillard, Burgin and Tagg, and on the historians of mentalities, War and Photography presents a theoretical approach to the understanding of press photography in its historical and contemporary context.
Brothers applies her argument with special reference to French and British newspaper images of the Spanish Civil War, a selection of which is presented in the book. Rejecting analyses based upon the content of the images alone, she argues that photographic meaning is largely predetermined by its institutional and cultural context. Acting as witnesses despite themselves, photographs convey a wealth of information not about any objective reality, but about the collective attitudes and beliefs particular to the culture in which they operate.
Drawing on the work of Barthes, Eco, Foucault, Baudrillard, Burgin and Tagg, and on the historians of mentalities, War and Photography presents a theoretical approach to the understanding of press photography in its historical and contemporary context.
Brothers applies her argument with special reference to French and British newspaper images of the Spanish Civil War, a selection of which is presented in the book. Rejecting analyses based upon the content of the images alone, she argues that photographic meaning is largely predetermined by its institutional and cultural context. Acting as witnesses despite themselves, photographs convey a wealth of information not about any objective reality, but about the collective attitudes and beliefs particular to the culture in which they operate.
Caroline Brothers
Introduction; 1: Photography, Theory, History; Part I: Propaganda and Myth; 2: The Republican Militiamen; 3: Insurgent Soldiers and Moors; 4: Women-at-Arms; Part II: The Elusive Ideal; 5: Semiology and the City at War; 6: The Anthropology of Civilian Life; Part III: Taboo, Anxiety and Fascination; 7: Refugees and the Limitations of Documentary; 8: Casualties and the Nature of Photographic Evidence; Part IV: Spain and After; 9: If Not About Spain …; 10: Vietnam, the Falklands, the Gulf
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.12.1996 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 771 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-13099-9 / 0415130999 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-13099-8 / 9780415130998 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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