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UNINA9910778930003321 |
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Autore |
Pinney Christopher |
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Titolo |
Photography and anthropology / / Christopher Pinney |
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London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49391-7 |
9786613589149 |
1-78023-011-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Photography in anthropology |
Photography in anthropology - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Photography and Anthropology Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Prologue: Images of a Counterscience; 1. The Doubled History of Photography and Anthropology; 2. The Trouble with Photography; 3. The Problem with Anthropology; Epilogue: The Holograph; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 1840's 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. |
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