The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues. List of figures vii List of tables ix Notes on contributors xi Acknowledgements viii Introduction 1(9) Theo van Leeuwen Carey Jewitt Content analysis of visual images 10(25) Philip Bell Approaches to analysis in visual anthropology 35(26) Malcolm Collier Seeing beyond belief: Cultural Studies as an approach to analysing the visual 61(31) Martin Lister Liz Wells Semiotics and iconography 92(27) Theo van Leeuwen A therapeutic perspective: the use of drawings in child psychoanalysis and social science 119(15) Gertraud Diem-Wille Visual meaning: a social semiotic approach 134(23) Carey Jewitt Rumiko Oyama Practices of seeing visual analysis: an ethnomethodological approach 157(26) Charles Goodwin Analysing film and television: a social semiotic account of Hospital: an Unhealthy Business 183(24) Rick Iedema Index 207