An introduction to visual culture

An introduction to visual culture / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Art and society. Visual communication. Visual perception. Mass media. Communication and culture. Postmodernism.

Table of Contents:

Global Visual Cultures : Paradox and Comparison
Sight becomes Vision : From al-Haytham to Perspective
"1492" : Expulsions, Expropriations, Encounters
Slavery, Modernity and Visual Culture
Panoptic Modernity
Imperial Transcultures : From Kongo to Congo
Sexuality Disrupts : Measuring the Silences
Inventing the West
Decolonizing Visions
Discrete States: Digital Worlds from the Difference Engine to Web 2.0
The Death of the Death of Photography
Celebrity : From Imperial Monarchy to Reality TV
Watching War.