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Taylor & Francis Ltd History Beyond The Text 2009 Edition by Sarah Barber, Corinna Peniston-Bird
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. Introduction. 1. Fine art: the creative image Sarah Barber 2. The Cartoon: the image as critique Frank Palmeri 3. The Photograph: the still image Derek Sayer 4. Film and Television: the moving image Jeffrey Richards 5. Music: the creative sound Burton W. Peretti 6. Oral testimony: the sound of memory Corinna Peniston-Bird 7. The Internet: virtual space Dennis Trinkle 8. Landscape: the configured space Tom Williamson 9. Architecture: the built object Christopher Long 10 Material Culture: the object Adrienne D. Hood