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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819703303321

Titolo

Cultures of colour [[electronic resource] ] : visual, material, textual / / edited by Chris Horrocks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2012

ISBN

1-282-25418-9

9786613814838

0-85745-465-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Polygons : cultural diversities and intersections ; ; v. 15

Classificazione

AP 15040

Altri autori (Persone)

HorrocksChris

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Human skin color

Color - Psychological aspects

Color

Visual anthropology

Material culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Colour and visual culture -- pt. 2. Colour and material culture -- pt. 3. Colour, text and race.

Sommario/riassunto

Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally constructed lines. Colour exists as a cultural as well as psycho-physical phenomenon and acquires a multitude of meanings within differing historical and cultural contexts. The contributors examine how colour becomes imbued with specific symbolic and material meanings that tint our constructions of race, gender, ideal bodies, the relationship of t