LEADER 03431nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910953376703321 005 20240514043755.0 010 $a9786613314741 010 $a9781283314749 010 $a1283314746 010 $a9789027284167 010 $a9027284164 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057562 035 $a(EBL)786925 035 $a(OCoLC)758009396 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537800 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12216578 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537800 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10557315 035 $a(PQKB)10973553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL786925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10505823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331474 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC786925 035 $a(DE-B1597)721063 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027284167 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057562 100 $a20110713d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aImages in use $etowards the critical analysis of visual communication /$fedited by Matteo Stocchetti, Karin Kukkonen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 1 $aDiscourse approaches to politics, society, and culture (DAPSAC) ;$vv. 44 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9789027206350 311 08$a902720635X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aImages 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 327 $a11. Mending endings 12. Representing the state of exception; Index 330 $aNews coverage of EU negotiations, children's war memories or TV series glamourising political processes - images pervade both private and public discourse, and visual communication plays a key role in our social negotiation of values. Conceptualising images as "images in use", this volume considers the agencies behind visual communication and its impact on society. Images in Use engages critically with traditional approaches to visual analysis, offers suggestions for alternative, socially situated analyses of images and demonstrates the explanatory force of thinking through "imag 410 0$aDiscourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ;$vv. 44. 606 $aVisual communication 606 $aSigns and symbols 606 $aVisual sociology 615 0$aVisual communication. 615 0$aSigns and symbols. 615 0$aVisual sociology. 676 $a302.2/22 686 $aAP 15040$2rvk 686 $aAP 15800$2rvk 701 $aStocchetti$b Matteo$0276241 701 $aKukkonen$b Karin$f1980-$01097186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953376703321 996 $aImages in use$94344057 997 $aUNINA