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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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War beyond Words: Languages of Remembrance from the Great War to the Present
TL;DR: In this article, Winter's panoramic history of war and memory offers an unprecedented study of transformations in our imaginings of war, from 1914 to the present, revealing the ways in which different creative arts have framed our meditations on war as a language of memory in its own right.
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Archaic Style in English Literature, 1590–1674
TL;DR: Munro as mentioned in this paper explores the use of archaic style by the poets and dramatists between 1590 and 1674, focusing on the wide-ranging, complex and self-conscious uses of archaic linguistic and poetic style, analyzing the uses to which writers put literary style in order to re-embody and reshape the past.
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Physiognomy, Reality Television and the Cosmetic Gaze
Bernadette Wegenstein,Nora Ruck +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that our present-day mode of looking at bodies expresses a cosmetic gaze, a gaze already informed by the techniques, expectations and strategies of bodily modifica...
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Myth of symmetry: Public relations as cultural styles
TL;DR: The history of public relations has been either ignored or distorted, due in part to the theory of symmetry that confuses the science of evolution with a belief in evolution as discussed by the authors, which has both caused and resulted in historical distortions like the inflated historical significance of P.T. Barnum, and ethical oversimplifications like the dissociation of the public relations from propaganda.
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Point and Shoot: Remediating Photography in Gamespace
TL;DR: From photoblogs to cell phone cameras, digital technology is rapidly and fundamentally changing the cultural practice of photographic representation, with increased frequency a more literal transposition of the photograph is making its way into the game.