Cultures of colour [[electronic resource] ] : visual, material, textual / / edited by Chris Horrocks
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| Titolo: |
Cultures of colour [[electronic resource] ] : visual, material, textual / / edited by Chris Horrocks
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human skin color |
| Color - Psychological aspects | |
| Color | |
| Visual anthropology | |
| Material culture | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Cultural Studies (General), History (General), Sociology |
| Classificazione: | AP 15040 |
| Altri autori: |
HorrocksChris
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cultures of colour |
| ISBN: | 1-282-25418-9 |
| 9786613814838 | |
| 0-85745-465-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790319403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Polygons ; ; v. 15.