Analysing Representation

Author : Frazer Heritage
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104001898X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysing Representation written by Frazer Heritage and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysing Representation: A Corpus and Discourse Textbook guides readers through the process of researching how people and phenomena are represented in discourse and introduces them to key tools they can use from corpus linguistics and (critical) discourse analysis. This book takes a step-by-step approach to introducing each concept and includes exercises and further reading to help readers check their progress and prepare for independent research. It is unique in introducing readers to a range of experts representing the full range of work in this area. This book is aimed at final-year undergraduate, taught postgraduate and doctoral level students. It wil also be useful to scholars who are new to combining corpus and discourse methods in investigations of representation.

Author : Ben Blumson
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783740728
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resemblance and Representation written by Ben Blumson and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a platitude – which only a philosopher would dream of denying – that whereas words are connected to what they represent merely by arbitrary conventions, pictures are connected to what they represent by resemblance. The most important difference between my portrait and my name, for example, is that whereas my portrait and I are connected by my portrait’s resemblance to me, my name and I are connected merely by an arbitrary convention. The first aim of this book is to defend this platitude from the apparently compelling objections raised against it, by analysing depiction in a way which reveals how it is mediated by resemblance. It’s natural to contrast the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance, which emphasises the differences between depictive and descriptive representation, with an extremely close analogy between depiction and description, which emphasises the similarities between depictive and descriptive representation. Whereas the platitude emphasises that the connection between my portrait and me is natural in a way the connection between my name and me is not, the analogy emphasises the contingency of the connection between my portrait and me. Nevertheless, the second aim of this book is to defend an extremely close analogy between depiction and description. The strategy of the book is to argue that the apparently compelling objections raised against the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance are manifestations of more general problems, which are familiar from the philosophy of language. These problems, it argues, can be resolved by answers analogous to their counterparts in the philosophy of language, without rejecting the platitude. So the combination of the platitude that depiction is mediated by resemblance with a close analogy between depiction and description turns out to be a compelling theory of depiction, which combines the virtues of common sense with the insights of its detractors.

Author : J. Robert G. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198850204
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of Representation written by J. Robert G. Williams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing the world is a puzzling thing. How can it be that mundane events such as processing a thought - and from there putting those thoughts into words - acquire this property of "aboutness"? How can expressions, which depend on anything from the most fundamental regularities in theuniverse to trivial matters of gossip, be either true or false? In The Metaphysics of Representation, J. Robert G. Williams tells a story about how representational properties arise out of a fundamentally non-representational world. The representational properties of language are reduced, viaconvention, to the representational properties of thoughts. The representational properties of thoughts are reduced, via principles of rationalization, to the representational properties of perception and intention. And this most fundamental layer of representation is explained in terms of thefunctions they have to communicate. Williams integrates work from rival traditions to present a combined perspective in the metaphysics of representation, give new predictions and explanations of representational phenomena, and offer new solutions to long-standing problems.

Author : Jan Rosset
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319271172
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Inequality and Political Representation in Switzerland written by Jan Rosset and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the link between economic and political inequalities and investigates the mechanisms that lead to economically rooted inequalities in the political representation of citizens’ policy preferences. Focusing on the case of Switzerland and evaluating data from the post-electoral survey, Selects 2007, the author demonstrates that the policy preferences of members of the Federal Assembly best reflect those of rich citizens. This pattern is explained by differential levels of political participation and knowledge across income groups, party finance, the fact that representatives tend to come from higher economic strata, and the failure of the party-system structure to reflect the complexity of policy preferences among citizens.

Author : O. Törnquist
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230102093
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Popular Representation written by O. Törnquist and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests and makes a case for rethinking more democratic popular representation. It outlines a framework for popular representation, examines key issues and experiences and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.

Author : Gillespie, Marie
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335218865
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysing Media Texts (Volume 4) written by Gillespie, Marie and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to analysing media texts. This book with its award winning DVD, helps students learn how to do semiotic, genre and narrative analysis, content and discourse analysis, and engage with debates about the politics of representation.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : British Film Institute
ISBN 13 : 9781903786079
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representation, Realism and Fantasy in Film written by NA NA and published by British Film Institute. This book was released on 2008-03-07 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This teaching guide complements Reading Films and explores the social and media context of film texts. It introduces students to the concept of representation in film and its relationship to genre, making connections between film and literature. It also enables students to analyse and evaluate media texts in social and historical contexts. Focusing on case studies of The Crucible, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pleasantville, Kes, The Wizard of Oz and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this guide offers a detailed exploration of how the world is represented to us through the use of metaphor and allegory in films.

Author : Nick Lacey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137288000
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Image and Representation written by Nick Lacey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Image and Representation is a clear and straight-talking introduction to two of the most important concepts in film and media studies. Exploring media language and representation throughout a variety of visual texts, the book offers a balanced, in-depth guide to the essential theories and key issues. The book begins by introducing the basic components of image analysis, including mise en scene, framing and anchorage. It then elaborates on these key ideas to provide the reader with a more advanced understanding of media language and representation. From the contribution of semiotics and debates around authorial intent, to ideas about hegemony and issues around propaganda, Nick Lacey offers approachable explanations of complex ideas and terms. The new edition is also now updated to reflect recent changes in the field, with particular attention paid to new media technologies. Each chapter is packed with memorable examples from a wider range of media and provides greater global perspective on today's media landscape. Gradually building up the reader's knowledge to encourage independent thinking, this is an essential resource for students taking courses in media, cultural, communication and film studies at school, college or university.

Author : Fernando Castaños
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529236258
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Claiming and Contesting Representation in Mexico written by Fernando Castaños and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico is a country whose global political and economic significance are rapidly increasing. This book offers the first in-depth English-language analysis of the politics of representation in Mexico. Through innovative conceptual work and original case studies, the book explores important trends in Mexican politics and governance through the lens of representation, including who speaks and stands for whom, on what grounds and in what domains and the challenges they face. Revealing a significant portrait of major tensions in and challenges to democracy across Mexico emerges, this book will be of interest to those researching current trends in the theory and practice of political representation, and readers looking for new perspectives on Mexican politics and governance.

Author : Richard Dyer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135135029
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Matter of Images written by Richard Dyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now published in a revised second edition, The Matter of Images searches through the resonances of the term ‘representation’, analysing images in terms of why they matter, what they are made of, and the material realities they refer to. Richard Dyer’s analyses consider representations of ‘out’ groups and traditionally dominant groups alike, and encompass the eclectic texts of contemporary culture, from queers to straights, political correctness, representations of Empire and films including Gilda, Papillon and The Night of the Living Dead. Essays new to the second edition discuss Lillian Gish as the ultimate white movie star, the representation of whiteness in the South in Birth of a Nation, and society’s fascination with serial killers. The Matter of Images is distinctive in its commitment to writing politically about contemporary culture, while insisting on the importance of understanding the formal qualities and complexity of the images it investigates.