American visual culture / Mark Rawlinson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2009.Description: xi, 236 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781845202170 (pbk.)
- 1845202171 (pbk.)
- 700.103 RAW
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Visual culture - art, advertising, architecture, cinema, television, cartography, video, the internet, and images of science - has shaped American national identity more than that of any other country. Covering the period from the late nineteenth century to the present day, the book explores how visual culture has at once transformed and consolidated the image of the United States.
American Visual Culture presents both an analysis of the diversity of American visual media and a critical introduction to the study and interpretation of visual culture.
Thematic chapters - on American urban and rural landscapes, icons, popular culture, art and photography, as well as on crime, anxiety and sex - describe the cultural, intellectual and historical context. Throughout, these themes are discussed in conjunction with clear and concise explanations of key visual theories and methodologies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Visualizing various American landscapes -- Cultural anxieties I: all consuming culture -- Cultural anxieties II: a case of black and white -- From a comfortable distance: visual culture and war -- Crime and punishment: mug shots and crime scenes -- Visualizing sex in america -- The trouble with kitsch : highs and lows in American art and visual culture.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Theory
- 2 Bourdieu: A Brief History of Theory
- 3 Aesthetics and the Visual Arts
- Part II Practice
- 4 Museums
- 5 Painting
- 6 Photography
- Part III Visual Arts In The 21St Century
- 7 Back to the Future
- 8 Conclusion