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Naomi - In Fashion (Hardcover): Sonnet Stanfill, Murray Elisabeth, Edward Enninful Naomi - In Fashion (Hardcover)
Sonnet Stanfill, Murray Elisabeth, Edward Enninful
R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Naomi Campbell is a phenomenon. Still very much at the top of her game after nearly four decades in the fashion industry, news of her trailblazing work, both on and off the catwalk, continues to hit the front pages as she pushes the boundaries of the fashion world. Inspiring, creative, energetic and most definitely iconic, Campbell stands apart as a unique force.

Opening with a specially commissioned interview by Tim Blanks, this book showcases more than 20 of the most eloquent ensembles from across her career, personally selected and discussed by Campbell herself. It also explores the different facets of her success - from her work as a model, a muse and brand builder, to life beyond the catwalk as a cultural leader with her unerring support of emerging designers.

With spectacular looks from Azzedine Alaïa, Gianni Versace, Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Kenneth Ize - to name but a few - this is an exclusive look into the world of one of fashion's most talented and enduring personalities.

Principalities and Powers in Heavenly Places (Hardcover): Charlotte Elizabeth, Edward Bickersteth Principalities and Powers in Heavenly Places (Hardcover)
Charlotte Elizabeth, Edward Bickersteth
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Photographs and the Practice of History - A Short Primer (Hardcover): Elizabeth Edwards Photographs and the Practice of History - A Short Primer (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards
R2,502 Discovery Miles 25 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What is it to practice history in an age in which photographs exist? What is the impact of photographs on the core historiographical practices which define the discipline and shape its enquiry and methods? In Photographs and the Practice of History, Elizabeth Edwards proposes a new approach to historical thinking which explores these questions and redefines the practices at the heart of this discipline. Structured around key concepts in historical methodology which are recognisable to all undergraduates, the book shows that from the mid-19th century onward, photographs have influenced historical enquiry. Exposure to these mass-distributed cultural artefacts is enough to change our historical frameworks even when research is textually-based. Conceptualised as a series of 'sensibilities' rather than a methodology as such, it is intended as a companion to 'how to' approaches to visual research and visual sources. Photographs and the Practice of History not only builds on existing literature by leading scholars: it also offers a highly original approach to historiographical thinking that gives readers a foundation on which to build their own historical practices.

Photographs, Museums, Collections - Between Art and Information (Hardcover): Elizabeth Edwards, Christopher Morton Photographs, Museums, Collections - Between Art and Information (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards, Christopher Morton
R3,386 Discovery Miles 33 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The status of photographs in the history of museum collections is a complex one. From its very beginnings the double capacity of photography - as a tool for making a visual record on the one hand and an aesthetic form in its own right on the other - has created tensions about its place in the hierarchy of museum objects. While major collections of 'art' photography have grown in status and visibility, photographs not designated 'art' are often invisible in museums. Yet almost every museum has photographs as part of its ecosystem, gathered as information, corroboration or documentation, shaping the understanding of other classes of objects, and many of these collections remain uncatalogued and their significance unrecognised. This volume presents a series of case studies on the historical collecting and usage of photographs in museums. Using critically informed empirical investigation, it explores substantive and historiographical questions such as what is the historical patterning in the way photographs have been produced, collected and retained by museums? How do categories of the aesthetic and evidential shape the history of collecting photographs? What has been the work of photographs in museums? What does an understanding of photograph collections add to our understanding of collections history more broadly? What are the methodological demands of research on photograph collections? The case studies cover a wide range of museums and collection types, from art galleries to maritime museums, national collections to local history museums, and international perspectives including Cuba, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK. Together they offer a fascinating insight into both the history of collections and collecting, and into the practices and poetics of archives across a range of disciplines, including the history of science, museum studies, archaeology and anthropology.

Sacred Symbols In Art (Hardcover): Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith Sacred Symbols In Art (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith
R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Photographs Objects Histories - On the Materiality of Images (Hardcover): Elizabeth Edwards, Janice Hart Photographs Objects Histories - On the Materiality of Images (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards, Janice Hart
R4,480 Discovery Miles 44 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also objects, and this materiality is integral to their meaning and use. The case studies presented focus on photographs active in different institutional, political, religious and domestic spheres, where physical properties, the nature of their use and the cultural formations in which they function make their 'objectness' central to how we should understand them. The book's contributions are drawn from disciplines including the history of photography, visual anthropology and art history, with case studies from a range of countries such as the Netherlands, North America, Australia, Japan, Romania and Tibet. Each shows the methodological strategies they have developed in order to fully exploit the idea of the materiality of photographic images.

Photographs Objects Histories - On the Materiality of Images (Paperback): Elizabeth Edwards, Janice Hart Photographs Objects Histories - On the Materiality of Images (Paperback)
Elizabeth Edwards, Janice Hart
R1,316 Discovery Miles 13 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also objects, and this materiality is integral to their meaning and use. The case studies presented focus on photographs active in different institutional, political, religious and domestic spheres, where physical properties, the nature of their use and the cultural formations in which they function make their 'objectness' central to how we should understand them. The international contributors are drawn from disciplines including the history of photogarphy, visual anthropology and art history, and their pieces focus on areas ranging from the Netherlands, North America and Australia to Japan, Romania and Tibet. Each shows the methodological strategies they have developed in order to fully exploit the idea of the materiality of photographic images. Inspiring and instructive, the book can be used either as an overview of this exciting new area of investigation, or as a practical guide to the student or academic on how to understand photographs as objects in diverse contexts.

Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960 - A Culture of Femininity (Paperback): Elizabeth Edwards Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960 - A Culture of Femininity (Paperback)
Elizabeth Edwards
R1,313 Discovery Miles 13 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960 is an intricate and fascinating investigation of the lives and experiences of women in these important educational institutions of the early twentieth century. The book provides an overview of the historical context of the development of the colleges, using detailed case studies of three colleges: Homerton, Avery Hill and Bishop Otter.
Drawing on a wealth of archival material, primary and secondary sources, and on the oral testimonies of former pupils and staff, the book examines the following key themes:
*the changing social class of women students
*the colleges culture of femininity drawn from the family organization and social practices of the middle-class home
*the conflicting public and private roles of the woman principal
*the role of the college staff and the residential context of college life
*women's sexuality
*the last days of the womens colleges.Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960 is an essential contribution to women's history and gives a unique insight into this neglected aspect of women's experiences in the twentieth century.

The Genesis of Narrative in Malory's Morte Darthur (Hardcover): Elizabeth Edwards The Genesis of Narrative in Malory's Morte Darthur (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards
R3,205 Discovery Miles 32 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A study of the structure of the Morte, focusing on Malory's adaptation, as both redactor and translator, of traditional Arthurian material. The Morte Darthur is both a representative of the traditions of Arthurian literature, and a complex response to its stock themes and motifs. This book offers a new reading of the principles by which the Morte Darthur is structured, looking at the ways in which Malory deploys the Arthurian tradition and received narratives as both redactor and translator. The sources are considered in particular detail, and the additions and deletions which Malory makes to them: central to the investigation is the ways in which the fifteenth-century work on the one hand conserves thirteenth-century narratives such as Le Mort le Roi Artu, yet on the other reconstitutes it as something new, an approach which differs from the current critical trend of considering the Morte mainly in relation to its contemporary milieu. In so doing, the author develops a theory of "symbolic structure" to account for the principles of generation and combination of narrative elements in Malory, looking at the ways in which entire narratives can be put into motion by the power of a symbol such as Balin's sword, or the grail itself. Dr ELIZABETH EDWARDS teaches at the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Countess of Erroll (Hardcover): Ed D. S. Elizabeth Edwards The Countess of Erroll (Hardcover)
Ed D. S. Elizabeth Edwards
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

My journey encapsulates a three year mystery that began in Edinburgh, Scotland in October 2006 in which I was led by a variety of mysterious historical symbols to learn about the life and challenges of Lady Mary Hay in Cruden Bay, Scotland, who was the 14th Countess of Errol during the years of 1711-1758. Mary Hay was the Senior Great Officer, Royal Office of Scotland and Chief of the King's Household in Scotland. She succeeded to the title in 1717 when she became Lady Hay and Baroness of Stain, 23rd Chief of the Hays (since 1171) and Mac Garaidh Mhar (a Celtic title). In 1727 she nominated John Duke of Roxburgh, to act as Her Deputy and walk in the procession for the coronation of George II. In 1745 she raised an army of Buchan men who stood for "Bonnie Prince Charlie"-Prince Charles Edward Stuart. She was close to sixty years of age at the time. At this time, Mary was a practicing Episcopalian and as this faith was persecuted by the Hanoverians she fitted out a grain store as a place of worship. This was known in Cruden Bay as Countess Mary's Girnal'. It was burnt to the ground in 1746 by English Dragoons. She succeeded her brother, Charles Hay, and was succeeded by grandnephew Lord James Boyd Kilmarnock, the grandson of her late sister Margaret.

Photography, Anthropology and History - Expanding the Frame (Paperback): Elizabeth Edwards Photography, Anthropology and History - Expanding the Frame (Paperback)
Elizabeth Edwards; Edited by Christopher Morton
R1,827 Discovery Miles 18 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Photography, Anthropology and History examines the complex historical relationship between photography and anthropology, and in particular the strong emergence of the contemporary relevance of historical images. Thematically organized, and focusing on the visual practices developed within anthropology as a discipline, this book brings together a range of contemporary and methodologically innovative approaches to the historical image within anthropology. Importantly, it also demonstrates the ongoing relevance of both the historical image and the notion of the archive to recent anthropological thought. As current research rethinks the relationship between photography and anthropology, this volume will serve as a stimulus to this new phase of research as an essential text and methodological reference point in any course that addresses the relationship between anthropology and visuality.

Room at the Top (Hardcover, Limited edition): Tony McGee Room at the Top (Hardcover, Limited edition)
Tony McGee; Foreword by Nicholas Haslam; Introduction by Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi; Designed by Elizabeth Edwards
R1,198 Discovery Miles 11 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Uncertain Images: Museums and the Work of Photographs (Hardcover, New Ed): Elizabeth Edwards, Sigrid Lien Uncertain Images: Museums and the Work of Photographs (Hardcover, New Ed)
Elizabeth Edwards, Sigrid Lien
R4,487 Discovery Miles 44 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Almost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in a myriad of ways. Yet despite some three decades of critical museology and photographic theory, and an extensive debate on the politics of representation, outside art museums, almost no critical attention has been given specifically to the roles, purposes and lives of these photographs within museums. This book brings into focus the ubiquitous yet entirely unconsidered work that photographs are put to in museums. The authors' argument is that there is an economy of photographs in museums which is integral to the processes of the museum, and integral to the understanding of museums. The international contributors, drawn from curators and academics, reflect a range of visual and museological expertise. After an introduction setting out the range of questions and problems, the first part addresses broad curatorial strategies and ways of thinking about photographs in museums. Shifting the emphasis from curatorial practices and anxieties to the space of the gallery, this is followed by a series of case studies of exhibitionary practices and the museum strategies that support them. The third section focuses on the role of photographs in the museum articulation of 'difficult histories'. A final section addresses photograph collections in a digital environment. New technologies and new media have transformed the management, address and purposing in photographs in museums, from cataloguing practices to streaming on social media. These growing practices challenge both traditional hierarchies of knowledge in museums and the location of authority about photographs. The volume emerges from PhotoCLEC, a HERA funded project on museums and the photographic legacy of the colonial past in a postcolonial and multicultural Europe.

Arthurian Literature XXXVII - Malory at 550: Old and New (Hardcover): Megan G. Leitch, Kevin S Whetter Arthurian Literature XXXVII - Malory at 550: Old and New (Hardcover)
Megan G. Leitch, Kevin S Whetter; Contributions by Joyce Coleman, Elizabeth Edwards, Kristina Hildebrand, …
R3,207 R2,488 Discovery Miles 24 880 Save R719 (22%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

New and fresh assessments of Malory's Morte Darthur. The essays here are devoted to that seminal Arthurian work, Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur. Developments of papers first given at the 'Malory at 550: Old and New' conference, they emphasise here the second part of its remit. Accordingly, several contributors focus new attention on Malory's style, using his stock phrases, metaphors, characterization, or manipulation of sources to argue for a deeper appreciation of his merits as an author. If, as others illustrate, Malory is a much better artist than his twentieth-century reputation allowed, then there is a renewed need to re-assess the vexed question of the possible originality of his 'Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkeney'. Similarly fresh approaches underlie those essays re-examining Malory's attitude to time and the sacred in 'The Sankgreal', the manner in which the ghosts of Lot and his sons highlight potential failures in the Round Table Oath, or the pleasures and pitfalls of Arthurian hospitality. The remaining contributions argue for new approaches to Malory's narrative gaps, Launcelot's status as a victim of sexual violence, and the importance of rejecting Victorian moral attitudes towards Gwenyvere and Isode, moralizing that still informs much recent scholarship addressing Malory's female characters. Contributors: Joyce Coleman, Elizabeth Edwards, Kristina Hildebrand, Cathy Hume, David F. Johnson, Megan Leitch, Andrew Lynch, Molly A. Martin, Cory James Rushton, Fiona Tolhurst, Michael W. Twomey

Photography, Anthropology and History - Expanding the Frame (Hardcover, New Ed): Elizabeth Edwards Photography, Anthropology and History - Expanding the Frame (Hardcover, New Ed)
Elizabeth Edwards; Edited by Christopher Morton
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Photography, Anthropology and History examines the complex historical relationship between photography and anthropology, and in particular the strong emergence of the contemporary relevance of historical images. Thematically organized, and focusing on the visual practices developed within anthropology as a discipline, this book brings together a range of contemporary and methodologically innovative approaches to the historical image within anthropology. Importantly, it also demonstrates the ongoing relevance of both the historical image and the notion of the archive to recent anthropological thought. As current research rethinks the relationship between photography and anthropology, this volume will serve as a stimulus to this new phase of research as an essential text and methodological reference point in any course that addresses the relationship between anthropology and visuality.

The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature (Paperback): Kathy Cawsey, Elizabeth Edwards The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature (Paperback)
Kathy Cawsey, Elizabeth Edwards
R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature offers an up-to-date and student-friendly approach to teaching the literature of the Arthurian tradition. With a team of contributing editors creating new translations of classic texts, and a distinctive balance of familiar and lesser-known Arthur legends, the anthology is an authoritative and highly teachable resource. A companion website allows for greater flexibility without expanding the print book, and helpful introductions and notes support student readers throughout the anthology.

I Love Lucy: Best Friends Forever - A Fill-In Book (Hardcover): Elisabeth Edwards I Love Lucy: Best Friends Forever - A Fill-In Book (Hardcover)
Elisabeth Edwards
R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Through thick and thin, far-flung vacations, sing-alongs, misadventures galore, and everyday home life, Lucy and Ethel are the best of friends. With this DIY gift book inspired by the pair from I Love Lucy, let your best pal know there's no one you'd rather have at your side through life's wackiest moments. This interactive book invites you to fill in what you love about your friend, with writing prompts inspired by the adventures of the original dynamic duo, Lucy and Ethel. Once completed, the book becomes a personalised gift that perfectly expresses your appreciation and records some of your greatest schemes, laughs, and heart-warming moments together. This book features black-and-white and full-color photography from I Love Lucy throughout. TM & (c) 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. I LOVE LUCY and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Images of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are licensed by Desilu, too, LLC.

A Record Of England - Sir Benjamin Stone & The National Photographic Record Association, 1897-1910 (Hardcover): Elizabeth... A Record Of England - Sir Benjamin Stone & The National Photographic Record Association, 1897-1910 (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards, Peter James
R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In July 1897, in a flourish of publicity, Sir Benjamin Stone - Birmingham industrialist, Member of Parliament and passionate, almost obsessive collector, announced the formation of the National Photographic Record Association. Its prime objective was to make a record of England for future generations, to foster "a national pride in the historical associations of the country, or neighbourhood, in family traditions, or in personal associations." Over the next 13 years, Stone and his amateur supporters deposited their photographs at the British Museum. In 2000, these were moved to the V&A. This book examines Stone's central role in the project and presents over 100 of his photographs, many of which have never been published before. It also charts the history of the NPRA and points to its legacies within photography. What is especially striking is the resonance of these pictures in our own age.

Genital Dermatology  Manual (Paperback, 4th edition): Elizabeth Edwards, Peter Lynch Genital Dermatology Manual (Paperback, 4th edition)
Elizabeth Edwards, Peter Lynch
R3,405 R3,045 Discovery Miles 30 450 Save R360 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Practical and highly illustrated, Genital Dermatology Manual, 4th Edition, by Drs. Libby Edwards and Peter J. Lynch, helps clinicians at all levels of experience arrive at an accurate diagnosis for both common and rare genital dermatologic lesions. More than 500 full-color photographs are arranged by appearance for rapid identification, offering superb visual guidance even for conditions not previously encountered. This easy-to-use reference is ideal for any clinician who sees men and women with disorders of the external genitalia, including dermatologists, gynecologists, urologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician assistants. Arranges core chapters by disease presentation, such as patches and plaques, papules and nodules, and ulcers Includes variable morphologies, making it easier to arrive at a correct diagnosis even when encountering an atypical appearance of a common condition-for example, herpes simplex virus infection is discussed in chapters on blisters, erosions and ulcers, and special issues of immunosuppressed patients Updates include more clinical photographs throughout; an expanded therapy section including sinus tract un-roofing, vestibulectomy, lysis of adhesions and therapy of clitoral pseudocyst and phimosis; a new chapter on patient education; and new coverage of transgender and cosmetic issues Features chapters on special issues such as symptoms (itching and pain), immunosuppression, and pediatric, psychologic, and geriatric aspects of genital conditions Offers increased information on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as well as patient handouts suitable for copying and distribution Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.

Visual Sense - A Cultural Reader (Paperback): Elizabeth Edwards, Kaushik Bhaumik Visual Sense - A Cultural Reader (Paperback)
Elizabeth Edwards, Kaushik Bhaumik
R1,351 Discovery Miles 13 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Vision is more than looking or seeing. It is integral to all human action. Visual Sense presents a series of readings which offer a range of alternatives to conventional psychological and social scientific approaches to the study of the ocular. The book highlights the multitude of ways in which vision is linked to the other senses by virtue of being embedded in complex cultural processes.Visual Sense introduces students to the analysis of a wide range of ways of experiencing sight across time and across cultures: from Renaissance Italy, Aztec Mexico and early Christian Europe, to Tibet, West Africa, Aboriginal Australia and South America, amongst others. It is arranged around broad themes of visual experience, ranging from navigating the sacred and ordering knowledge about the world to thinking creatively, socially and beyond vision into cyberspace and daydream. This unique approach allows cross-cultural and thematic connections to be made. A Guide to Further Reading allows students to expand their learning independently, and section introductions place the readings in context.Visual Sense expands the field of visual studies and explores the place of vision in the sensory world.

Visual Sense - A Cultural Reader (Hardcover): Elizabeth Edwards, Kaushik Bhaumik Visual Sense - A Cultural Reader (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Edwards, Kaushik Bhaumik
R4,516 Discovery Miles 45 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Vision is more than looking or seeing. It is integral to all human action. Visual Sense presents a series of readings which offer a range of alternatives to conventional psychological and social scientific approaches to the study of the ocular. The book highlights the multitude of ways in which vision is linked to the other senses by virtue of being embedded in complex cultural processes.Visual Sense introduces students to the analysis of a wide range of ways of experiencing sight across time and across cultures: from Renaissance Italy, Aztec Mexico and early Christian Europe, to Tibet, West Africa, Aboriginal Australia and South America, amongst others. It is arranged around broad themes of visual experience, ranging from navigating the sacred and ordering knowledge about the world to thinking creatively, socially and beyond vision into cyberspace and daydream. This unique approach allows cross-cultural and thematic connections to be made. A Guide to Further Reading allows students to expand their learning independently, and section introductions place the readings in context.Visual Sense expands the field of visual studies and explores the place of vision in the sensory world.

Sensible Objects - Colonialism, Museums and Material Culture (Paperback, Annotated Ed): Elizabeth Edwards, Chris Gosden, Ruth... Sensible Objects - Colonialism, Museums and Material Culture (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Elizabeth Edwards, Chris Gosden, Ruth Phillips
R1,259 Discovery Miles 12 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This groundbreaking volume applies this idea to material culture and the social practices that endow objects with meanings in both colonial and postcolonial relationships. It challenges the privileged position of the sense of vision in the analysis of material culture. Contributors argue that vision can only be understood in relation to the other senses. In this they present another challenge to the assumed western five-sense model, and show how our understanding of material culture in both historical and contemporary contexts might be reconfigured if we consider the role of smell, taste, touch and sound, as well as sight, in making meanings about objects.

Raw Histories - Photographs, Anthropology and Museums (Hardcover, First): Elizabeth Edwards Raw Histories - Photographs, Anthropology and Museums (Hardcover, First)
Elizabeth Edwards
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Photographs have had an integral and complex role in many anthropological contexts, from fieldwork to museum exhibitions. This book explores how approaching anthropological photographs as 'history' can offer both theoretical and empirical insights into these roles. Photographs are thought to make problematic history because of their ambiguity and 'rawness'. In short, they have too many meanings. The author refutes this prejudice by exploring, through a series of case studies, precisely the potential of this raw quality to open up new perspectives.Taking the nature of photography as her starting point, the author argues that photographs are not merely pictures of things but are part of a dynamic and fluid historical dialogue, which is active not only in the creation of the photograph but in its subsequent social biography in archive and museum spaces, past and present. In this context, the book challenges any uniform view of anthropological photography and its resulting archives. Drawing on a variety of examples, largely from the Pacific, the book demonstrates how close readings of photographs reveal not only western agendas, but also many layers of differing historical and cross-cultural experiences. That is, photographs can 'spring leaks' to show an alternative viewpoint. These themes are developed further by examining the dynamics of photographs and issues around them as used by contemporary artists and curators and presented to an increasingly varied public.This book convincingly demonstrates photographs' potential to articulate histories other than those of their immediate appearances, a potential that can no longer be neglected by scholars and institutions.

Raw Histories - Photographs, Anthropology and Museums (Paperback, First): Elizabeth Edwards Raw Histories - Photographs, Anthropology and Museums (Paperback, First)
Elizabeth Edwards
R1,252 Discovery Miles 12 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Photographs have had an integral and complex role in many anthropological contexts, from fieldwork to museum exhibitions. This book explores how approaching anthropological photographs as 'history' can offer both theoretical and empirical insights into these roles. Photographs are thought to make problematic history because of their ambiguity and 'rawness'. In short, they have too many meanings. The author refutes this prejudice by exploring, through a series of case studies, precisely the potential of this raw quality to open up new perspectives.
Taking the nature of photography as her starting point, the author argues that photographs are not merely pictures of things but are part of a dynamic and fluid historical dialogue, which is active not only in the creation of the photograph but in its subsequent social biography in archive and museum spaces, past and present. In this context, the book challenges any uniform view of anthropological photography and its resulting archives. Drawing on a variety of examples, largely from the Pacific, the book demonstrates how close readings of photographs reveal not only western agendas, but also many layers of differing historical and cross-cultural experiences. That is, photographs can 'spring leaks' to show an alternative viewpoint. These themes are developed further by examining the dynamics of photographs and issues around them as used by contemporary artists and curators and presented to an increasingly varied public.
This book convincingly demonstrates photographs' potential to articulate histories other than those of their immediate appearances, a potential that can no longer be neglected by scholars and institutions.

I Love Lucy: Lucy Ricardo Talking Bobble Figurine (Paperback): Elisabeth Edwards I Love Lucy: Lucy Ricardo Talking Bobble Figurine (Paperback)
Elisabeth Edwards
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bring the magic of I Love Lucy, the beloved, classic television show, to your home or office with this charming, one-of-a-kind talking bobble figurine of the iconic Lucy Ricardo!

Display your love of all things Lucy with this talking figurine of the show's leading lady!

This kit includes:

  • Full-color Lucy Ricardo bobble figurine on I Love Lucy-branded base. When pressed, the base says classic Lucy phrases from throughout the show's run.
  • A mini book featuring black-and-white and full-color photography from I Love Lucy throughout.
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