Visual worlds / / edited by John R. Hall, Blake Stimson and Lisa Tamiris Becker

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Visual sociology; Visual communication - Social aspects; Visual communication - United States; Visual perception; Arts and society
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Visual worlds
• Altri autori: BeckerLisa Tamiris HallJohn R StimsonBlake
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; About the Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Visual Cultures and Visual Worlds; Political Culture; Visual Culture; Social Worlds; Warring Worlds; Epilogue: Visual Worlds, After 9/11; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As many observers have noted, the world is becoming increasingly visually mediated, with the rise of computers and the internet being central factors in the emergence of new tools and conventions. Exploring the social structure of visuality, this volume contains a collection of essays by internationally renowned artists and scholars from a variety of fields (including art history, literary theory and criticism, cultural studies, film and television studies, intellectual history and sociology). It was conceived to address a bold query: how is our experience and understanding of vision and vi
• Titolo autorizzato: Visual worlds
• ISBN: 1-134-23279-9; 1-280-37406-3; 9786610374069; 0-203-01237-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458024503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International library of sociology.