1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826641403321

Titolo

Sociology of the visual sphere / / edited by Regev Nathansohn and Dennis Zuev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-07596-4

0-203-06665-0

1-299-28013-7

1-135-07597-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 91

Altri autori (Persone)

NathansohnRegev

ZuevDennis

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Visual sociology

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

pt. I. Visualizing the social, sociologizing the visual -- pt. II. New methodologies for sociological investigations of the visual.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original articles deals with two intertwined general questions: what is the visual sphere, and what are the means by which we can study it sociologically? These questions serve as the logic for dividing the book into two sections, the first (""Visualizing the Social, Sociologizing the Visual"") focuses on the meanings of the visual sphere, and the second (""New Methodologies for Sociological Investigations of the Visual"") explores various sociological research methods to getting a better understanding of the visual sphere. We approach the visual sphere sociologically bec