Visual Sociology
An Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 3. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-415-77896-1 (ISBN)
Description
Visual sociology has been part of the sociological vocabulary since the 1970s, but until now there has not been a comprehensive text that introduces this area. Written by one of the founding fathers in the field, Visual Sociology explores how the world that is seen, photographed, drawn, or otherwise represented visually is different from the world that is represented through words and numbers.
Doug Harper's exceptional photography and engaging, lively writing style will introduce:
visual sociology as embodied observation
visual sociology as semiotics
visual sociology as an approach to data: empirical, narrative, phenomenological and reflexive
visual sociology as an aspect of photo documentary
visual sociology and multimedia.
This definitive textbook is made up of eleven chapters on the key topics in visual sociology. With teaching and learning guidance, as well as clear, accessible explanations of current thinking in the field, this book will be an invaluable resource to all those with an interest in visual sociology, research methods, cultural geography, cultural theory or visual anthropology.
Doug Harper's exceptional photography and engaging, lively writing style will introduce:
visual sociology as embodied observation
visual sociology as semiotics
visual sociology as an approach to data: empirical, narrative, phenomenological and reflexive
visual sociology as an aspect of photo documentary
visual sociology and multimedia.
This definitive textbook is made up of eleven chapters on the key topics in visual sociology. With teaching and learning guidance, as well as clear, accessible explanations of current thinking in the field, this book will be an invaluable resource to all those with an interest in visual sociology, research methods, cultural geography, cultural theory or visual anthropology.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
100 s/w Abbildungen, 100 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 100 Halftones, black and white; 100 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-77896-1 (9780415778961)
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Book
07/2012
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Routledge
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Person
Douglas Harper is Professor of Sociology at Duquesne University. He has published five books with the University of Chicago Press, which include innovative uses of photography as well as other qualitative methods. Harper has also edited or co-edited four books on visual sociology. He is the founding editor of Visual Studies, the official journal of the International Visual Sociology Association. He has published more than fifty chapters, articles and photo essays, and has been invited by more than 100 universities and academic societies in the US and abroad to lecture on qualitative methods and visual sociology.
Content
1. Visual Ethnography 2. Documentary Photography 3. Reflexivity 4. The Visual Sociology of Space from Above, Inside and Around 5. Comparing Societies 6. Ethnomethodology, Semiotics and the Subjective 7. Multimedia and Visual Sociology 8. Photo Elicitation 9. Photovoice 10. Teaching Sociology Visually 11. Final Words. Appendix: Teaching Materials and Sources.