Double Exposure - 9781138509306

Taylor & Francis

Double ExposureMemory and Photography\nAuthor(s): Olga Shevchenko\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138509306, 978-1138509306\nSynopsis\nOver the past decade, historians and sociologists have increasingly used visual materials, in particular photographs, in their work. This volume brings together historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and media and visual scholars to articulate how photography, as a practice and as a visual medium, can provide insights into national memory, collective identities, and the historical imagination. This collection allows the reader to trace parallel conceptual developments occurring in the sociology and anthropology of memory and in the history and theory of photography, and to illustrate the unique \""angles of vision\"" these disciplines offer.\n\nPhotographic images commonly accompany historical accounts, from documentaries to family scrapbooks, and since the early days of comme.