Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

A Critical Analysis and Review of the Book Photography: A Middle-Brow Art

Document Type : Research

Authors

Morteza Sedighifard 1
Hedie Khazaei 2
Mehdi Moghimnejad 3

1 Faculty of Visual Arts, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty of Visual arts, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

3 Photography Department, Visual Arts Faculty, University of Art, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2022.37870.2376
Abstract
This research is based on a structured analysis of the book written by Pierre Bourdieu, called Photography, a Middle-Brow Art. This study is a descriptive analysis of the different sections of the book from different perspectives. In this research, we considered the Persian translation of the book. Moreover, the origin of the work and the effectiveness of its contents after more than half a century from its publication, along with its advantages and disadvantages were discussed. We also compared the Persian translation to the English version. The translation of the work was also examined, which revealed that the book has a decent translation quality, despite detecting a few errors in some sections. It can be concluded that due to the long time since its publication and the speed of change in its concerning fields, namely sociology and photography, most arguments in the book can no longer be cited. Also, because the book contains discontinuous articles and does not have an explicit conclusion, it does not have the desired unity in general, which might result in the fact that each section can be read independently.
 

Keywords

Photography
Sociology
Book Criticism
Translation
Middle-Brow Art

Subjects

آشوری، داریوش (1375)، بازاندیشی زبان فارسی، تهران: مرکز.
بوردیو، پی‌یر (1397)، تمایز: نقد اجتماعی قضاوت‌های ذوقی، ترجمة حسن چاوشیان، تهران: ثالث.
بوردیو، پی‌یر (1398 الف)، عکاسی؛ هنر میان‌مایه، ترجمة کیهان ولی‌نژاد، تهران: پیام امروز.
بوردیو، پی‌یر (1398 ب)، انسان دانشگاهی، ترجمة حسن چاوشیان، تهران: کتاب پارسه.
بوردیو، پی‌یر (1399)، معنای سیاسی هستی‌شناسی فلسفی مارتین هایدگر، ترجمة حسن چاوشیان، تهران: کتاب پارسه.
فونتن، اولیویه و کریستیان شویره (1385)، واژگان بوردیو، ترجمة مرتضی کتبی، تهران: نی.
 
Bourdieu, P. (1990), Photography: A Middle-Brow Art, Shaun Whiteside (trans.), Polity Press.
González, J. A. (1992), “A Contemporary Look at Pierre Bourdieu’s Photography: A Middle-Brow Art”, Visual Anthropology Review, no. 8.
Newmark, P. (1988), A Textbook of Translation, New York: Prentice-Hall International.

  • Receive Date 08 January 2022
  • Revise Date 26 February 2022
  • Accept Date 04 May 2022

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