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Author:   J.J. Long (Durham University, UK) ,  Andrea Noble (Durham University, UK) ,  Edward Welch (Durham University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780415477079

ISBN 10:   0415477077
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   12 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Introduction A Small History of Photography Studies Edward Welch and J. J. Long 1. Mindless Photography John Tagg 2. Thinking Photography beyond the Visual? Elizabeth Edwards 3. On Snapshot Photography: Rethinking Photographic Power In Public And Private Spheres Catherine Zuromskis 4. Family Photography and the Global Drama of Human Rights Andrea Noble 5. Dreams of Ordinary Life: Cartes-De-Visite and the Bourgeois Imagination Geoffrey Batchen 6. Race and Reproduction in Camera Lucida Shawn Michelle Smith 7. Benjamin, Atget, and the ‘Readymade’ Politics of Postmodern Photography Studies Kelly Dennis 8. Being Exposed: Thinking Photography and Community in Spencer Tunick’s Naked World Through the Lens of Jean-Luc Nancy Louis Kaplan 9. ‘And in This Fairy World of Labour See A Type Of What The Actual World Should Be’: Plato’s Dilemma Donald Preziosi Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Photography: Theoretical Snapshots rewards the reader with a careful, reasoned, broad-based survey of thinking about photographs. --Sarah Parsons, York University, Toronto (Featured in College Art Association)

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