The multicultural challenge [[electronic resource] ] : a visual-cultural guide to coping in the global era / / Ingrid Aall

• Autore: Aall Ingrid
• Pubblicazione: [Woodland Hills, Calif.], : South Asian Studies Association, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Art and globalization; Art and society; Cultural pluralism; Multiculturalism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (160-165) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PART I: VISUAL LITERACY""; ""1 Processing Visual Perceptions""; ""Becoming an Active Viewer""; ""Seeing Subjectively""; ""Seeing Objectively""; ""Integrating Subjective and Objective Perception""; ""Understanding Visual Memory""; ""2 Decoding Art""; ""Encountering a Work of Art""; ""Identifying Visual Aspects""; ""Interpreting Contextual Aspects""; ""Negotiating Authoritative Interpretations""; ""Responding to Culture-Specific Aesthetics""; ""3 Decoding People""; ""Regarding First Impressions""; ""Reading Face and Body Language"" ; ""Interpreting Dress and Style""""Recognizing Gender Specificities""; ""Creating Self-Images and Cultural Identities""; ""PART II: CULTURAL LITERACY""; ""4 Processing and Decoding Cultures""; ""Finding Cultural Common Denominators""; ""Identifying Cultural Specificities""; ""Mapping Cultural Response Phases""; ""Conceptualizing Coexisting Cultures""; ""Assessing Dynamics of Multiculturalism""; ""5 Understanding Our Present and Creating Our Future""; ""Tracking Cultural Shifts""; ""Living in the Digital Age""; ""Educating Toward Integration and Cultural Globalization"" ; ""Tracking Visual Culture in a Postmodern World""""Coping as Global Citizens""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""APPENDIX A: INFORMAL EXPERIMENTS""; ""APPENDIX B: GUIDE TO THE FORMAL ELEMENTS""; ""APPENDIX C: GUIDE TO ANALYZING A WORK OF ART""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY by Chapter""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""
• Titolo autorizzato: The multicultural challenge
• ISBN: 0-9834472-3-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815157303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II