Matter of Images - 2nd Edition

Taylor & Francis

The Matter of ImagesEssays on Representations\nAuthor(s): Richard Dyer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415254946, 978-0415254946\nSynopsis\nNow published in a revised second edition, The Matter of Images searches through the resonances of the term representation, analysing images in terms of why they matter, what they are made of, and the material realities they refer to. Richard Dyers analyses consider representations of out groups and traditionally dominant groups alike, and encompass the eclectic texts of contemporary culture, from queers to straights, political correctness, representations of Empire and films including Gilda, Papillon and The Night of the Living Dead. Essays new to the second edition discuss Lillian Gish as the ultimate white movie star, the representation of whiteness in the South in Birth of a Nation, and societys fascination with serial killers.\n\nThe Matter of Images is distinctive in i.