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UNINA9910781983103321 |
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Titolo |
Images in use [[electronic resource] ] : towards the critical analysis of visual communication / / edited by Matteo Stocchetti, Karin Kukkonen |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-31474-6 |
9786613314741 |
90-272-8416-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Collana |
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Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture (DAPSAC) ; ; v. 44 |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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StocchettiMatteo |
KukkonenKarin <1980-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Visual communication |
Signs and symbols |
Visual sociology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Images in Use; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I. Approaches to visual communication and the question of power; 1. Images; 2. The critical tradition in visual studies; 3. The map, the mirror and the simulacrum; 4. Disenchantment with politics and the salience of images; Part II. Case studies; 5. Organising political consensus; 6. Walls, doors and exciting encounters; 7. The politics of visual representation; 8. The politics of identity and visuality; 9. Visual politics and celebrity humanitarianism; 10. The economics of gay reality television |
11. Mending endings 12. Representing the state of exception; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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News coverage of EU negotiations, children's war memories or TV series glamourising political processes - images pervade both private and public discourse, and visual communication plays a key role in our social negotiation of values. Conceptualising images as "images in use", this volume considers the agencies behind visual communication and its impact on society. Images in Use engages critically with traditional approaches to visual analysis, offers suggestions for alternative, |
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