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Visual cultures / edited by James Elkins.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, 2010.Description: 112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781841503073 (pbk.)
  • 184150307X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.103 ELK
Contents:
Slovenia : visuality and literarity in Slovene culture / Andrej Smrekar -- Japan : lost in translation, or Nothing to see but everything / Sunil Manghani -- Ireland : words upon the windowpane : image, text, and Irish culture / Luke Gibbons -- Poland : a visually-oriented literary culture? / Kris Van Heuckelom -- China : verbal above visual : a Chinese perspective / Ding Ning -- Russian : to read, to look : teaching visual studies in Moscow / Viktoria Musvik -- Critical response / Esther Sánchez-Pardo.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 700.103 ELK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100468835

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Visual Cultures is the first study of the place of visuality and literacy in specific nations around the world, featuring authoritative, insightful essays on the value accorded to the visual and the verbal in Japan, Poland, China, Russia, Ireland, and Slovenia.

Focusing on the national instead of the global, distinguished art critic James Elkins offers a critique of general histories of visuality, such as those of Martin Jay or Jean Baudrillard, as well as a critique of local histories of visuality, as in Third Text and other postcolonial studies. The content is not only analytic, but also historical, tracing changes in the significance of visual and verbal literacy in each nation. Visual Cultures also explores questions of national identity and the many issues Elkins raises suggest a wealth of promising avenues for future research.

Includes bibliographical references.

Slovenia : visuality and literarity in Slovene culture / Andrej Smrekar -- Japan : lost in translation, or Nothing to see but everything / Sunil Manghani -- Ireland : words upon the windowpane : image, text, and Irish culture / Luke Gibbons -- Poland : a visually-oriented literary culture? / Kris Van Heuckelom -- China : verbal above visual : a Chinese perspective / Ding Ning -- Russian : to read, to look : teaching visual studies in Moscow / Viktoria Musvik -- Critical response / Esther Sánchez-Pardo.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Slovenia: Visuality and Literarity In Slovene Culture
  • Japan: Lost In Translation, or Nothing To See but Everything
  • Ireland: Words Upon the Windowpane: Image, Text, and Irish Culture
  • Poland: A Visually-Oriented Literary Culture?
  • China: Verbal Above Visual: A Chinese Perspective
  • Russia: To Read, To Look: Teaching Visual Studies In Moscow
  • Critical Response
  • Contributors

Author notes provided by Syndetics

James Elkins is the E. C. Chadbourne Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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