Visual Culture

图书标准信息

• 作者 Richard、Joaquim Negreiros 著
• 出版社 Polity
• 出版时间 2012-01
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780745650715
• 定价 191.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 300页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thisisarevised,expanded,andupdatededitionofthehighlysuccessfulVisualCulture.Likeitspredecessor,thisnewversionisaboutvisualliteracy,exploringhowmeaningisbothmadeandtransmittedinanincreasinglyvisualworld.Itisdesignedtointroducestudentsandotherinterestedreaderstotheanalysisofallkindsofvisualtext,whetherdrawings,paintings,photographs,films,advertisements,televisionornewmediaforms.Thebookisillustratedwithexamplesthatrangefrommedievalpaintingtocontemporaryadvertisingimages,andiswritteninalivelyandengagingstyle.

Thefirstpartofthebooktakesthereaderthroughdifferingtheoreticalapproachestovisualanalysis,andincludeschaptersoniconology,form,arthistory,ideology,semioticsandhermeneutics.Thesecondpartshiftsfromatheoreticaltoamedium-basedapproachandcompriseschaptersonfineart,photography,film,televisionandnewmedia.Thesechaptersareconnectedbyanunderlyingthemeaboutthecomplexrelationshipbetweenvisualcultureandreality.

NewforthesecondeditionaretenmoretheoreticallyadvancedKeyDebatesections,whichconcludeeachchapterbyprovokingreaderstosetoffandthinkforthemselves.ProminentamongthenewprovocateursareKant,Baudrillard,Althusser,Deleuze,Benjamin,andFoucault.Newexamplesandillustrationshavealsobeenadded,togetherwithupdatedsuggestionsforfurtherreading.

Thebookdrawstogetherseeminglydiverseapproaches,whileultimatelyarguingforapolysemicapproachtovisualanalysis.Buildingonthesuccessofthefirstedition,thisneweditioncontinuestoprovideanidealintroductionforstudentstakingcoursesinvisualcultureandcommunicationsinawiderangeofdisciplines,includingmediaandculturalstudies,sociology,artanddesign.