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Obiteljska fotografija – analiza i interpretacija u okviru teorije predstavljanja Ervinga Goffmana
Family Photographs – Analysis and Interpretation within the Framework of E. Goffman's Theory of Presentation

Author(s): Melanija Belaj
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Photography, Visual Arts, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Family and social welfare, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: family photography; theory of representation; E. Goffman;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author has tested E. Goffman's theory of presentation on material collected for writing her Master's thesis. The research was conducted over the 2003 to 2005 period on the territory of the city of Zagreb. The presentational perspective as suggested by E. Goffman is applicable in the case of family photographs, particularly in activities which, according to Richard Chalfen, the American visual anthropologist, relate to the act of presenting and showing photographs.

  • Issue Year: 36/2006
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 53-69
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Croatian