Tagg, John, The burden of representation , 1993
- Title:
- The burden of representation : essays on photographies and histories / John Tagg.
- Published/Created:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryTR183 .T34 1993 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11869221
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Originally published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index. - Contents:
- A democracy of the image: photographic portraiture and commodity production -- Evidence, truth and order: photographic records and the growth of the state -- A means of surveillance: the photograph as evidence of law -- A legal reality: the photograph as property in law -- God's sanitary law: slum clearance and photography in late nineteenth-century Leeds -- The currency of the photograph: New Deal reformism and documentary rhetoric -- Contacts/worksheets: notes on photography, history and representation.
- Subject Terms:
- Documentary photographyDocumentary photography.Photography -- Philosophy.Photography -- Social aspects -- History.Photography PhilosophyPhotography Social aspects History
- Form/Genre:
- History.
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