ISBN:
9781845452193
,
1845452194
,
1845452275
,
9781845452278
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 285 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Remapping cultural history 4
Series Statement:
Remapping cultural history
DDC:
770
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Philosophie
;
Photography Philosophy
;
Photography Social aspects
;
Space and time
;
History Sources
;
Fotografie
;
Aussagekraft
;
Konferenzschrift 2005
;
Quelle
;
Konferenzschrift 2005
;
Quelle
;
Fotografie
;
Aussagekraft
Abstract:
As a visual medium, the photograph has many culturally resonant properties that it shares with no other medium. These essays develop innovative cultural strategies for reading, re-reading and re-using photographs, as well as for (re)creating photographs and other artworks and evoke varied sites of memory in contemporary landscapes: from sites of war and other violence through the lost places of indigenous peoples to the once-familiar everyday places of home, family, neighborhood and community. Paying close attention to the settings in which such photographs are made and used--family collections, public archives, museums, newspapers, art galleries--the contributors consider how meanings in photographs may be shifted, challenged and renewed over time and for different purposes--from historical inquiry to quests for personal, familial, ethnic and national identity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
Table of contents only
URL:
Table of contents only
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