Photography and Anthropology.

In Photography and Anthropology, Christopher Pinney presents a provocative and readable account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Walter Benjamin sugge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinney, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Temas:
Photography in ethnology > History > Pictorial works.
Photography in anthropology > History > Pictorial works.
Photography > Social aspects > Pictorial works.
Ethnology > Philosophy > Pictorial works.
Anthropology > Philosophy > Pictorial works.
Ethnology > Methodology > Pictorial works.
Anthropology > Methodology > Pictorial works.
Photographie en ethnologie > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie en anthropologie > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie > Aspect social > Ouvrages illustrés.
Ethnologie > Philosophie > Ouvrages illustrés.
Anthropologie > Philosophie > Ouvrages illustrés.
Ethnologie > Méthodologie > Ouvrages illustrés.
Anthropologie > Méthodologie > Ouvrages illustrés.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > General.
Anthropology > Methodology
Anthropology > Philosophy
Ethnology > Methodology
Ethnology > Philosophy
Photography in anthropology
Photography in ethnology
Photography > Social aspects
History
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Photography and Anthropology, Christopher Pinney presents a provocative and readable account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Walter Benjamin suggested that photography "make[s] the difference between technology and magic visible as a thoroughly historical variable," and Pinney here explores photography as a divinatory practice that prompted anthropologists to capture the "primitive" lives of those they studied. Early anthropology celebrated p.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (176 pages)
ISBN:9781780230115
1780230117

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