The Handbook of Visual Analysis
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The Handbook of Visual Analysis

Theo Van Leeuwen,Carey Jewitt

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The Handbook of Visual Analysis

Theo Van Leeuwen,Carey Jewitt

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The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues.

The Handbook:

· Offers a wide-range of methods for visual analysis: content analysis, historical analysis, structuralist analysis, iconography, psychoanalysis, social semiotic analysis, film analysis and ethnomethodology

· Shows how each method can be applied for the purposes of specific research projects.

· Exemplifies each approach through detailed analyses of a variety of data, including, newspaper images, family photos, drawings, art works and cartoons.

· Includes examples from the authors? own research and professional practice.

The Handbook of Visual Analysis which demonstrates the importance of visual data within the social sciences offers an essential guide to those working in a range of disciplines including: media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, education, psychoanalysis, and health studies.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2000
ISBN
9781446205372
Edition
1
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Antropologia culturale e sociale
while 
creative 
processes 
are 
essential 
to 
discovery, 
artistic 
processes 
may 
produce
only 
ïŹctitious 
statements 
if 
not 
combined 
with 
systematic 
and 
detailed 
analysis’ 
(p. 
59). 
In 
our 
opinion, 
this 
can 
be 
usefully 
applied 
to 
all 
visual 
analysis. 
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Jewitt, 
C. 
(1997) 
‘Images 
of 
men’, 
Sociological 
Research 
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2 
(2).
Jewitt, 
C. 
(1999) 
‘A 
social 
semiotic 
analysis 
of 
male 
heterosexuality 
in 
sexual 
health
resources: 
the 
case 
of 
images’, 
International 
Journal 
of 
Social 
Research 
Methodology
,
1 
(4): 
263–79.
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