Words of Light. Theses on the Photography of History.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R005885 Ned. Fotomuseum $T CADAVA.E 1997 R012889 Ned. Fotomuseum $T CADAVA.E 1997
TitleWords of Light. Theses on the Photography of History.
Author
Photographer
Place of publicationPrinceton (New Jersey)
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Year of publication1997
Pagination173
Illustrationsb&w
DimensionsA4
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN0-691-034508
Bibliographic Noteshc, bibliography, notes;
Abstract
[Citing the blurb: the author demonstrates that Walter Benjamin
articulates his conception of history through the language of photography.
Focusing on Benjamin's discussions of the flashes and images of history,
he argues that the questions raised by this link between photography and
history touch on issues that belong to the entire trajectory of his
writing: the historical and political consequences of technology, and the
relations between reproduction and mimesis, images and history,
remembering and forgetting, allegory and mourning, and visual and
linguistic representation...]
articulates his conception of history through the language of photography.
Focusing on Benjamin's discussions of the flashes and images of history,
he argues that the questions raised by this link between photography and
history touch on issues that belong to the entire trajectory of his
writing: the historical and political consequences of technology, and the
relations between reproduction and mimesis, images and history,
remembering and forgetting, allegory and mourning, and visual and
linguistic representation...]
| Copy number | R005885 |
| Institution name | |
| Shelf mark | $T CADAVA.E 1997 |
| Copy number | R012889 |
| Institution name | |
| Shelf mark | $T CADAVA.E 1997 |