1
of
1
An Introduction to Visual Culture
Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.
Check link for latest rating. ( 167 ratings, 8 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still
learning, it may not be perfect - your
feedback is welcome!
Summary
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$11100
Unit price
/
Unavailable
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER
Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks
Found a better price? Request a price match
An Introduction to Visual Culture
$11100
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?
This work is essential for students, researchers, and educators in visual culture studies, arts and culture disciplines, and those interested in activism through visual media. It suits readers seeking to understand the intersection of visual practice with social justice, colonial histories, and contemporary political struggles.
In the fully rewritten third edition of this classic text, Nicholas Mirzoeff introduces visual culture as visual activism, or activating the visible. In this view, visual culture is a practice: a way of doing, making and seeing.
Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and
still learning, it may not be perfect - your
feedback is welcome!
Description
In the fully rewritten third edition of this classic text, Nicholas Mirzoeff introduces visual culture as visual activism, or activating the visible. In this view, visual culture is a practice: a way of doing, making, and seeing.
The 12 new chapters begin with five foundational concepts, including Indigenous ways of seeing, visual activism in the wake of slavery, and unfixing the gaze. The second section outlines three currently successful tactics of visual activism: removal of statues and monuments; restitution of cultural property; and practices of repair and reparations. The final section addresses catastrophe and trauma, from Palestine’s Nakba to the climate disaster and the intersections of plague and war. Each section also includes new, in-depth case studies called "Visualizations," ranging from oil painting to Kongo power figures and the mediated practice of taking a knee.
Engaging with questions of racializing, colonialism, and undoing gender throughout, this edition maps the activist turn in the field since 2014 and sets directions for its future expansion. An Introduction to Visual Culture is a key text in visual culture studies and an essential resource for research and teaching in the field.
Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?
Praised for its timely and insightful engagement with contemporary social movements and politics, Jennifer A. González of UC Santa Cruz highlights the edition's development of new frameworks for analysing image culture. The text is described as provocative, relevant, and iconoclastic, making it a critical resource for students across disciplines. It revitalises the conversation around the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and global capital through an urgent and insightful lens.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780367235345
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 July 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 3rd edition
Illustration: 129 Halftones, color; 129 Illustrations, color
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 720g
Pages: 310
About the Author
Nicholas Mirzoeff is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University.
Also by Nicholas Mirzoeff
View all-
-
-
An Introduction to Visual Culture
Hardback$34100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
More from Arts & Culture
View all-
Dylan's Pick -
They Bloom Because of You
Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
-
20% offGreat Writers and the Cats who Owned Them
Hardback$3200Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
-
-
-
-
-
-
Deliver Me from Nowhere (Movie Tie-In)
Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
New ReleaseYour Story, Grandma
Hardback$2400Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Why buy from us?
Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!
Service & Delivery
Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.
Auckland Bookstore
We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.
Our Gifting Service
Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.
