Visual Sociology av Douglas (Duquesne University School of Law Pennsylvania USA Duquesne University Duquesne University PIttsburgh Pennsylvania USA Du

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<P>This new version of the authoritative textbook in the field of visual sociology focuses on the key topics of documentary photography, visual ethnography, collaborative visual research, visual empiricism, the study of the visual symbol and teaching sociology visually. This updated and expanded edition includes nearly twice as many images and incorporates new in-depth case studies, drawing upon the author¿s lifetime of pioneering research and teaching as well as the often neglected experiences of women and people of color.</P><P>The book examines how documentary photography can be useful to sociologists, both because of the topics examined by documentarians and as an example of how seeing is socially constructed. Harper describes the exclusion of women through much of the history of documentary photography and the distinctiveness of the female eye in recent documentary, a phenomenon he calls "the gendered lens". The author examines how a visual approach allows sociologists to study co