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Appropriating Images: The Semiotics of Visual Representation - Softcover

Tomaselli, Keyan G

 
9788789825052: Appropriating Images: The Semiotics of Visual Representation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8789825055 ISBN 13: 9788789825052
Publisher: Intervention Press, 1999

Synopsis

Keyan Tomaselli forcefully underlines the relevance of a semiotic approach to visual representations. Using a large number of filmic examples the book convincingly covers the terrain of semiotic theory, the history of ethnographic film-making and theories of visual anthropology, visual sociology, and documentary film.

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About the Author

Keyan Tomaselli is Professor and Chair of Culture, Communication and Media Studies at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He is author of numerous papers and books on African cultural and media studies. Professor Tomaselli co-edits two book series on the African media-- Studies on the Southern African Media and Critical Studies on African Media and Culture-- and is the editor-in-chief of Critical Arts: a journal of south-north cultural and media studies.

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Publisher
Intervention Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8789825055
ISBN 13 
9788789825052
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
349