War and Photography : A Cultural History

ISBN-13: 9780415130998 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 296 str.

Caroline Brothers

Opis

This work examines the generation and meaning of war photography, focusing on its inception in the Spanish Civil War.

Recenzje

'Subtle and lucid analysis.' - Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: Photography, Theory, History; Part I: Propaganda and Myth; 2: The Republican Militiamen; 3: Insurgent Soldiers and Moors; 4: Women-at-Arms; Part II: The Elusive Ideal; 5: Semiology and the City at War; 6: The Anthropology of Civilian Life; Part III: Taboo, Anxiety and Fascination; 7: Refugees and the Limitations of Documentary; 8: Casualties and the Nature of Photographic Evidence; Part IV: Spain and After; 9: If Not About Spain …; 10: Vietnam, the Falklands, the Gulf

O autorze

Caroline Brothers