Pictures of the past: Benjamin and Barthes on photography and history

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-23

  Dant, Tim ^a   Gilloch, Graeme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

history; photography; Roland Barthes; Walter Benjamin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993811874     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1364942002005001153     Document Type: Article

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