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Civil imagination : a political ontology of photography

Title
Civil imagination : a political ontology of photography / Ariella Azoulay ; translated by Louise Bethlehem.
ISBN
178478303X
9781784783037
9781784783020 (US eISBN)
9781784783013 (UK eISBN)
Publication
London : Verso, 2015.
Physical Description
ix, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
Photography, writes Ariella Azoulay in this book, is an event and an encounter, irreducible to its end product - the photograph. This shift in focus to the practice of producing photographs brings to light how images can both reinforce and resist power regimes.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 27, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.
Contents
What is photography?
Rethinking the political
The photograph as the source of civil knowledge
Civil uses of photography.
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