Negotiating Romance in Front of the Lens

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12700268
AutoresOri Schwarz (0000-0002-3477-4878, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas151-169
Data de publicação2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoVisual Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1470-3572 • E-ISSN: 1741-3214
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1470357210369982
OpenAlexW2149759524
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas27

The paper examines the new roles assumed by digital photography in romantic relationships. Research conducted in Israel demonstrates that the ubiquitous digital and phone cameras have been incorporated into multiple scripts of courtship, reconciliation, eroticism, and relationship formation. Photography often functions as a non-verbal method of expressing an interest in the other party during courtship, of framing the relationship, and of negotiating its status. Being semiotically laden, photography between partners is more structured and done much more cautiously than photography among friends. Photography also helps lovers in “doing romance”, serving as a tool for the production of romantic moments, eroticism and playfulness, thus reshaping emotions and moods in present time rather than in future consumption of photos qua artefact

Art · Courtship · Eroticism · Framing (construction · Human sexuality · Literature · Photography · Romance · Scripting language · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Media Studies and Communication · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology