Representation (cultural Representations And Signifying Practices)

By (author) sean nixon; Edited by Hall, Stuart; Edited by Evans Jessica; Edited by Nixon Sean
Short description/annotation
Highly anticipated Second Edition of one of the most popular and influential books ever written in media and cultural studies. A genuine classic, expertly updated for a new generation of students and researchers.
Description
Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited second edition:

• updates and refreshes the approaches to representation, signalling key developments in the field

• addresses the emergence of new technologies, media formats, politics and theories

• includes an entirely new chapter on celebrity culture and reality TV

• offers new exercises, readings, images and examples for a new generation of students

This book once again provides an indispensible resource for students and teachers in cultural and media studies.

Table of contents
THE WORK OF REPRESENTATION - Stuart Hall Representation, Meaning and Language Making Meaning, Representing Things Language and Representation Sharing the Codes Theories of Representation The Language of Traffic Lights Summary Saussure′s Legacy The Social Part of Language Critique of Saussure′s Model Summary From Language to Culture: Linguistics to Semiotics Myth Today Discourse, Power and the Subject From Language to Discourse Historicizing Discourse: Discursive Practices From Discourse to Power/Knowledge Summary: Foucault and Representation Charcot and the Performance of Hysteria Where is the ′Subject′? How to Make Sense of Velasquez′ Las Meninas The Subject of/in Representation Conclusion: Representation, Meaning and Language Reconsidered READING A: Norman Bryson, ′Language, reflection and still life′ READING B: Roland Barthes, ′The world of wrestling′ READING C: Roland Barthes, ′Myth today′ READING D: Roland Barthes, ′Rhetoric of the image′ READING E: Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, New reflections on the revolution of our time READING F: Elaine Showalter, ′The performance of hysteria′ RECORDING REALITY: DOCUMENTARY FILM AND TELEVISION - Frances Bonner Introduction What Do We Mean By ′Documentary′? Non-fiction Texts Defining Documentary Types of Documentary Categorising Documentary Alternative Categories Ethical Documentary Film-making Dramatisation and the Documentary Scripting and Re-enactment in the Documentary Docudrama Documentary - An Historic Genre? ′Postdocumentary′? Docusoaps Reality TV Natural History Documentaries Documenting Animal Life Conclusion READING A: Nichols Bill, ′The Qualities of Voice′ READING B: John Corner, ′Performing the real: documentary diversions′ READING C: Derek Bousé, ′Historia Fabulosus′ THE POETICS AND THE POLITICS OF EXHIBITING OTHER CULTURES - Henrietta Lidchi Introduction Establishing Definitions, Negotiating Meanings, Discerning Objects Introduction What is a ′Museum′? What is an ′Ethnographic Museum′? Objects and Meanings The Uses of Text Questions of Context Summary Fashioning Cultures: The Poetics of Exhibiting Introduction Introducing Paradise Paradise Regained Structuring Paradise Paradise: The Exhibit as Artefact The Myths of Paradise Summary Captivating Cultures: The Politics of Exhibiting Introduction Knowledge and Power Displaying Others Museums and the Construction of Culture Colonial Spectacles Summary Devising New Models: Museums and Their Futures Introduction Anthropology and Colonial Knowledge The Writing of Anthropological Knowledge Collections as Partial Truths Museums and Contact Zones Art, Artefact and Ownership Conclusion READING A: John Tradescant the younger, ′Extract