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This Introduction To Visual Culture Explores The Ways We Use And Understand Images. It Looks At Painting, Photography, Film, Television, And New Media Across The Realms Of Art, Advertising, News, Science, And Law. Authors Marita Sturken And Lisa Cartwright Present The Diverse Range Of Approaches To Visual Analysis That Have Emerged In The Last Few Decades, And Lead The Reader Through The Key Theories Of Visual Culture In An Accessible And Highly Readable Approach. Including Over 180 Images, This Interdisciplinary And Beautifully Designed Book Aims To Be A Comprehensive Introduction For Anyone Interested In Images, And The Key Text For Courses Across A Range Of Disciplines Including Media And Film Studies, Art History, Photography, And Communication.--jacket. 1. Practices Of Looking: Images, Power, And Politics -- 2. Viewers Make Meaning -- 3. Spectatorship, Power, And Knowledge -- 4. Reproduction And Visual Technologies -- 5. The Mass Media And The Public Sphere -- 6. Consumer Culture And The Manufacturing Of Desire -- 7. Postmodernism And Popular Culture -- 8. Scientific Looking, Looking At Science -- 9. The Global Flow Of Visual Culture. Marita Sturken And Lisa Cartwright. Includ

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Author
Sturken, Marita, 1957-; Cartwright, Lisa, 1959-
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780195314403
Category
hobbies
Subjects
Art, Sociology, Engineering
Rating
3.67 / 5 (316 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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