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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785232403321

Autore

Burke Peter <1937->

Titolo

Eyewitnessing [[electronic resource] ] : the uses of images as historical evidence / / Peter Burke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2001

ISBN

1-282-89307-6

9786612893070

1-86189-828-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Picturing history series

Disciplina

907.2

907/.2

Soggetti

History - Methodology

History - Evaluation

Event history analysis

Motion pictures and history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Eyewitnessing Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Testimony of Images; 1. Photographs and Portraits; 2. Iconography and Iconology; 3. The Sacred and the Supernatural; 4. Power and Protest; 5. Material Culture through Images; 6. Views of Society; 7. Stereotypes of Others; 8. Visual Narratives; 9. From Witness to Historian; 10. Beyond Iconography?; 11. The Cultural History of Images; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Eyewitnessing evaluates the place of images among other kinds of historical evidence.