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Fields of Vision: Essays in Film Studies, Visual Anthropology, and Photography
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Description for Fields of Vision: Essays in Film Studies, Visual Anthropology, and Photography
Paperback. Focuses on the power of film and photography to make sense of ourselves and others. This work deals with issues of representation and the construction of visual meaning across cultures. It addresses the way the 'real' on film creates fantasy, news, and 'science', and considers this problematic process as cultural boundaries are crossed. Editor(s): Devereaux, Leslie; Hillman, Roger. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Filmed images dominate our time, from the movies and TV that entertain us to the news and documentary that inform us and shape our cultural vocabulary. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, "Fields of Vision" is a path-breaking collection that inquires into the power (and limits) of film and photography to make sense of ourselves and others. As critics, social scientists, filmmakers, and literary scholars, the contributors converge on the issues of representation and the construction of visual meaning across cultures. From the dismembered bodies of horror film to the exotic bodies of ethnographic film and the gorgeous bodies of romantic cinema, "Fields ... Read more
Filmed images dominate our time, from the movies and TV that entertain us to the news and documentary that inform us and shape our cultural vocabulary. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, "Fields of Vision" is a path-breaking collection that inquires into the power (and limits) of film and photography to make sense of ourselves and others. As critics, social scientists, filmmakers, and literary scholars, the contributors converge on the issues of representation and the construction of visual meaning across cultures. From the dismembered bodies of horror film to the exotic bodies of ethnographic film and the gorgeous bodies of romantic cinema, "Fields ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520085244
SKU
V9780520085244
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About Devereaux
Leslie Devereaux is Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Roger Hillman is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern European Languages, both at the Australian National University, Canberra.
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