Images: A Reader by Sunil Manghani (English) Paperback Book

Description: Images by Sunil Manghani, Arthur Piper, Jon Simons Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Provides a key resource for students, academics, practitioners and other readers engaged in the critical, theoretical and practical study of images. This title also provides a map of the differences and similarities between the various disciplinary approaches to images, breaking the ground for an interdisciplinary study of images. Publisher Description This is just what visual studies needs: a sober, analytic, parsimonious selection of crucial texts - James Elkins, Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism School of the Art Institute of Chicago The sheer breadth of this collection - from Genesis to Hockney and Plato to Lacan- shows how much images have always been a part of our culture. This volume makes a welcome contribution to our (re)discovery of the visual in society and how much we stand to learn from it, past and present - Richard Howells, Kings College, London There are many fine anthologies on visual culture, yet none that offer such a concise and comprehensive array of the theoretical perspectives defining this interdisciplinary field - Robert Hariman, Northwestern University An indispensible resource for image analysis. The best thing I have seen in this field by a long way - Valerie Walkerdine, Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University If contemporary culture is an image culture, how should we understand and analyse the vast range of images among which we live?Images: A Reader provides a key resource for students, academics, practitioners and other readers engaged in the critical, theoretical and practical study of images. The Reader is concerned with the notion of the image in all its theoretical, critical and practical contexts, uses and history. The Reader provides a map of the differences and similarities between the various disciplinary approaches to images, breaking the ground for a new interdisciplinary study of images, in the arts and humanities and beyond. Images: A Reader is divided into three parts: " Historical and Philosophical Precedents sets the background for contemporary debates about images. " Theories of Images provides key texts of the major approaches through which images are conceptualised. " Image Culture introduces some of the more recent debates about images and todays visual environment. The selection of over 80 key readings, across the domains of philosophy, art, literature, science, critical theory and cultural studies tells the story of images through intellectual history from the Bible to the present.By including both well-established writings and more recent, innovative research, the Reader outlines crucial developments in contemporary discourses about images. Details ISBN 141290045X ISBN-13 9781412900454 Title Images Author Sunil Manghani, Arthur Piper, Jon Simons Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 352 Edition 1st Publisher SAGE Publications Inc GE_Item_ID:22524450; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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