Visual methodologies an introduction to the interpretation of visual materials

Rose, Gillian 1962- (Author).

Summary: This book is an introduction to reading visual culture. It explains which methods are available to the undergraduate student and shows exactly how to use them. The book begins with a discussion of general themes and recent debates, on the meaning of culture and the function of the visual, that offers a critical inquiry into the relation of visual images to social identities and social relations.

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ISBN: 9781412933339 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1412933331 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0761966641
ISBN: 076196665X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780761966647
ISBN: 9780761966654 (pbk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Researching visual materials: towards a critical visual methology; Chapter 2 -- 'The good eye': looking at pictures using compositional interpretation; Chapter 3 -- Content analysis: counting what you (think you) see; Chapter 4 -- Semiology: Laying bare the prejudices beneath the smooth surface of the beautiful; Chapter 5 -- Psychonanlysis: visual culture, visual pleasure, visual disruption; Chapter 6 -- Discourse analysis I: text, intertexuality and context.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.