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Benjamin, Barthes, and the singularity of photography / Kathrin Yacavone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yacavone, Kathrin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photographic criticism.
- Photography--Philosophy.
- Photography.
- Photography--History.
- History.
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
- Benjamin, Walter.
- Barthes, Roland.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, [2012]
- Summary:
- "A comparative study of Benjamin's and Barthes's writings on photography in the context of photographic history and twentieth-century critical and theoretical discourses"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I The Birth of the Viewer 29
- Chapter 1 Benjamin's History of Photography 33
- Chapter 2 Alter Ego: The Childhood Portrait of Franz Kafka 70
- Chapter 3 Photography, Memory and Redemption 95
- Part II Photography and Subjectivity 121
- Chapter 4 From Semiology to Phenomenology 125
- Chapter 5 Lost and Found: The Winter Garden Photograph 161
- Chapter 6 Photography and Memory: Barthes's Proustian Quest 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781441118080
- 144111808X
- OCLC:
- 694396605
- Online:
- Cover image
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