Retsenzii i bibliografiia: Retsenzii: "Vizual'naia antropologiia: Novye vzgliady na sotsial'nuiu real'nost'." Saratov: "Nauchnaia kniga", 2007. 528 s. (=Biblioteka zhurnala issledovnii sotsial'noi politiki) ISBN: 5-9758-0247-4.

This article presents a review of "Visual Anthropology: New Views on Social Reality," a collection of 26 papers that explore Russian and Baltic academic visual research in relation to various disciplines, including history. The book is divided into four sections, examining such varied topics as methods for viewing the Soviet past, analysis of photographs of newlyweds in urban settings, and how people describe family photographs. Also included are pieces on sociological analysis of film, pornographic imagery in post-Soviet society, Soviet journals' visual standards, and masculinity in Aleksei Balabanov's film "Brat" ("Brother"). The book poses numerous questions about historiography and visual anthropology, a growing trend, but it is likely to have a niche appeal because of its focus on photographic and film documents. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]