An introduction to visual culture

Author(s)

• Mirzoeff, Nicholas

Bibliographic Information

An introduction to visual culture

Nicholas Mirzoeff

Routledge, 2023

3rd ed

• : hbk

Note

Previous edition: 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Introduces visual culture as visual activism, or activating the visible. Outlines three currently successful tactics of visual activism: removal of statues and monuments; restitution of cultural property; and practices of repair and reparations. Addresses catastrophe and trauma, from Palestine's Nakba to the climate disaster and the intersections of plague and war. Maps the activist turn in the field since 2014 and sets directions for its future expansion.

Table of Contents

Introduction Visualization 1: Perspective, Visuality and the Way of Seeing Part 1. Foundational 1.Acknowledgement and Groundwork 2. Indigenous Ways of Seeing 3. In Slavery's Wake 4.Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance 5.Unfixing the Gaze Visualization 2: The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein Visualization 3: The Decisive Moment and The Limits of Looking Part 2. Tactics of Visual Activism 6. Removal 7.Restitution 8. Repair and Reparations Visualization 4: Power Figures: Minkisi Nkondi Part 3. Catastrophe 9. Nakba 10. The Climate {R}evolution 11. Plague and War Visualization 5: Taking a Knee

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Details

• NCID: BD01886874
• ISBN:
  • 9780367235338
• LCCN: 2022059398
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: XVII, 309 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 306.47
  • LCC : N72.S6
  • DC23 : 701/.03
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Art and society
  • LCSH : Visual communication
  • LCSH : Visual perception
  • LCSH : Mass media
  • LCSH : Communication and culture
  • LCSH : Postmodernism