Photography and the Optical Unconscious |
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| Editor:
| Smith, Shawn Michelle
Sliwinski, Sharon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-6901-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2017 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume's contributors use Walter Benjamin's concept of the optical unconscious to investigate how photography has shaped history, modernity, perception, lived experience, politics, race, and human agency, thereby opening up new avenues for thinking about photography and the human psyche.
This volume's contributors use Walter Benjamin's concept of the optical unconscious to investigate how photography has shaped history, modernity, perception, lived experience, politics, race, and human agency, thereby opening up new avenues for thinking about photography and the human psyche.