The (Mis)Representation of Reality: ‘Knowledge’ and Image-Making in Glass Lantern Slides of China
The Royal Asiatic Society in London houses a collection of magic lantern slides of China dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By investigating a selection of lantern slides, this article explores their epistemological nature and their wider relations to socio-cultural and political systems of power. These lantern slides highlight the complexity of our ways of seeing and representing that are embedded into particular historical and ideological systems in which meaning is both shaped and negotiated. This article argues that images are powerful conduits in disseminating and, if unchallenged, maintaining particular notions and ideas.
研究领域:
视觉人类学
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传播学
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图像研究
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东亚研究
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文化史
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DOI
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）