Lévi-Strauss’ photographs: an anthropology of the sensible body
Lévi-Strauss has been somewhat reticent about his own photographs, rarely writing about them, and sometimes presenting them merely as ethnographic documents to be used as supporting materials for cultural analysis. In this sense, it could at least be said that Lévi-Strauss’ photographs should be co...
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| Język: | Anglais |
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Journal de la Société des américanistes
2014
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| Dostęp online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Streszczenie: | Lévi-Strauss has been somewhat reticent about his own photographs, rarely writing about them, and sometimes presenting them merely as ethnographic documents to be used as supporting materials for cultural analysis. In this sense, it could at least be said that Lévi-Strauss’ photographs should be considered an integral part of his ethnography. But I believe Lévi-Strauss’ photographs are much more than this. They represent one of the first attempts in anthropology to show how the body makes se... |
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