Binding: Paperback
Description: Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional and turning to visual oral aural and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches. In order to help historians successfully move beyond traditional text Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston - Bird bring together chapters from historical specialists in the fields of fine art photography film oral history architecture virtual sources music cartoons landscape and material culture to explain why when and how these less traditional sources can be used. Each chapter introduces the reader to the source suggests the methodological and theoretical questions historians should keep in mind when using it and provides case studies to illustrate best practice in analysis and interpretation. Pulling these disparate sources together the introduction discusses the nature of historical sources and those factors which are unique to and shared by the sources covered throughout the book. Taking examples from around the globe this collection of essays aims to inspire practitioners of history to expand their horizons and incorporate a wide variety of primary sources in their work.
Title: History Beyond The Text A Students Guide To Approaching Alternative Sources
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415429627
Pages: 224 Pages, 34 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 11/26/2008
Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources
Category: The Arts: General Issues