War and Photography: A Cultural History

by Caroline Brothers

Overview

This book breaks new ground in claiming photo- graphs as valid documentary sources for the historian. Brothers applies her argument with special reference to French and British newspaper images of the Spanish Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415130998
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/1996
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Caroline Brothers

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1: Photography, Theory, History; Part I: Propaganda and Myth; 2: The Republican Militiamen; 3: Insurgent Soldiers and Moors; 4: Women-at-Arms; Part II: The Elusive Ideal; 5: Semiology and the City at War; 6: The Anthropology of Civilian Life; Part III: Taboo, Anxiety and Fascination; 7: Refugees and the Limitations of Documentary; 8: Casualties and the Nature of Photographic Evidence; Part IV: Spain and After; 9: If Not About Spain …; 10: Vietnam, the Falklands, the Gulf

Editorial Reviews

'Subtle and lucid analysis.' - Times Literary Supplement

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