Interpreting Visual Ethnography - Ali, Erkan
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Focusing on the use of text in relation to a specific category of image - the photographic image - this book argues for a new appreciation of the relationship between texts and photographs in an age that seems to be dominated by visual images. With reference to a range of traditional and new media forms, and addressing such issues as gender, ethnicity, class, identity politics and biography, the author draws on the work of Barthes and Benjamin to introduce a new perspective for the use and understanding of the symbiotic relationships that can exist between photographs and texts in the production of sociological, cultural and historical narratives.…mehr

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Focusing on the use of text in relation to a specific category of image - the photographic image - this book argues for a new appreciation of the relationship between texts and photographs in an age that seems to be dominated by visual images. With reference to a range of traditional and new media forms, and addressing such issues as gender, ethnicity, class, identity politics and biography, the author draws on the work of Barthes and Benjamin to introduce a new perspective for the use and understanding of the symbiotic relationships that can exist between photographs and texts in the production of sociological, cultural and historical narratives.
Autorenporträt
Erkan Ali received his PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University in June 2013. His research interests are in visual sociology, as well as traditional and contemporary social theory. He is currently Lecturer of English Language and Literature at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China.