Visual Studies : A Social Scientific Perspective

Name: Visual Studies : A Social Scientific Perspective
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Visual StudiesA Social Scientific Perspective\nAuthor(s): Paolo S.H. Favero, Asko Lehmuskallio\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350128903, 978-1350128903\nSynopsis\nThis book presents a transcultural and generative introduction to the field of visual studies. Aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at students and scholars in the social sciences, it explores the multiple meanings of images and visual culture in human life.\n\nDivided into three parts, the first section departs from a framework of the look as a medium for understanding imaging practices and offers a critical analysis of the changing ways in which vision has been understood across epochs and cultures and the politics attached. The second section opens with an expanded understanding of images, addressing their affective, sensory and performative roles. It then discusses semiotic tensions between the icon and the index and the role of socia.