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Reading Images (Readers in Cultural Criticism)
Julia Thomas
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Description for Reading Images (Readers in Cultural Criticism)
Paperback. Is seeing a matter of nature? Can we read an image in the same way as a text? This work draws together essays that attempt to answer these questions but in a variety of ways and from the different theoretical positions offered by psychoanalysis, semiotics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. Editor(s): Thomas, Julia. Series: Readers in cultural criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: A; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 232 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
Is seeing a matter of nature? Does perspective show things as they really are? Can we read an image in the same way as a text? Reading Images draws together essays that attempt to answer these questions but in a variety of ways and from the different theoretical positions offered by psychoanalysis, semiotics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. The anthology opens up a dialogue between seeing and the seen, text and image, theory and practice. By discussing a range of visual material, from advertising and architecture to painting and photography, it crosses generic and disciplinary boundaries and suggests ways in which vision ... Read more
Is seeing a matter of nature? Does perspective show things as they really are? Can we read an image in the same way as a text? Reading Images draws together essays that attempt to answer these questions but in a variety of ways and from the different theoretical positions offered by psychoanalysis, semiotics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. The anthology opens up a dialogue between seeing and the seen, text and image, theory and practice. By discussing a range of visual material, from advertising and architecture to painting and photography, it crosses generic and disciplinary boundaries and suggests ways in which vision ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Series
Readers in cultural criticism
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333765395
SKU
V9780333765395
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About Julia Thomas
JULIA THOMAS is a Leverhulme Special Research Fellow at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University.
Reviews for Reading Images (Readers in Cultural Criticism)
'This book will assist in broadening students' understanding of the naturally generative nature of the visual image - well done!.' - R. Harper, University of Wales, Bangor