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The disciplinary frame : photographic truths and the capture of meaning /
Photography can seem to capture reality and the eye like no other medium, commanding belief and wielding the power of proof. In some cases, a photograph itself is attributed the force of the real. How can a piece of chemically discolored paper have such potency? How does the meaning of a photograph...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2009.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Photography can seem to capture reality and the eye like no other medium, commanding belief and wielding the power of proof. In some cases, a photograph itself is attributed the force of the real. How can a piece of chemically discolored paper have such potency? How does the meaning of a photograph become fixed? In The Disciplinary Frame, John Tagg claims that, to answer these questions, we must look at the ways in which all that frames photography-the discourse that surrounds it and the institutions that circulate it- determines what counts as truth. The meaning and power of photographs, Tagg. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 392 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-377) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816666225 0816666229 |