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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
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Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography in Reflections on Photography as mentioned in this paper, examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death.Abstract:
Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography. Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.read more
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In the Heat of Sentiments: Nationalism, Postsocialism, and Popular Culture in China, 1988-2007
TL;DR: In this paper, a print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries and can be found in the library catalog for the location and call number of the phone number.
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Intimacy on Display: Movie Stars, Images and Everyday Life in South India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on how fandom unfolds in the familial space in Tamil Nadu state, South India, and argue that personalized images of movie stars play a crucial role.
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Photography as Event: Power, the Kodak Camera, and Territoriality in Early Twentieth-Century Tibet
Simeon Koole,Simeon Koole +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors rethinks the nature of power and its relation to territory in the photographic event and examines how the shifting territorial meaning of Tibet, transformed by an ascendant Dalai Lama, weakening Qing empire, and Anglo-Russian competition, converged with transformations in the means of visually reflecting upon it.