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This innovative volume explores het different institutional, political, religious and domestic spheres in which photographs exist through a diverse range of international case studies, from the Netherlands, North America and Australia to Japan, Romania and Tibet. The contributors come from disciplines including history of photography, visual anthropology and art history.
77.01 --- 77.01 Fotografie--Semiotiek van de fotografie. Theorie --- Fotografie--Semiotiek van de fotografie. Theorie --- Photography in anthropology. --- Material culture --- Photographs --- Photography in anthropology --- Anthropology --- Photos --- Snapshots --- Pictures --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Social aspects --- History --- Photography --- Iconography --- Material culture. --- Social aspects. --- Photographs - Social aspects
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This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also objects, and this materiality is integral to their meaning and use. The case studies presented focus on photographs active in different institutional, political, religious and domestic spheres, where physical properties, the nature of their use and the cultural formations in which they function make their 'objectness' central to how we should understand them.The book's contributions are drawn from disciplines including the history of photography, visual anthropology and art history, with case studies
Photography in anthropology. --- Photographs --- Material culture. --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Photos --- Snapshots --- Pictures --- Anthropology --- Social aspects.
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