Visual Culture Books

New and Published Books

1. Genealogy and Ontology of the Western Image and its Digital Future

   By John Lechte

   Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

   With the emerging dominance of digital technology, the time is ripe to reconsider the nature of the image. Some say that there is no longer a phenomenal image, only disembodied information (0-1) waiting to be configured. For photography, this implies that a faith in the principle of an "...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
2. Ethics and Images of Pain

   Edited by Asbjørn Grønstad, Henrik Gustafsson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

   Few phenomena are as formative of our experience of the visual world as displays of suffering. But what does it mean to have an ethical experience of disturbing or traumatizing images? What kind of ethical proposition does an image of pain mobilize? How may the spectator learn from and make use of...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Reading Architecture and Culture

   Researching Buildings, Spaces and Documents

   Edited by Adam Sharr

   Architecture displays the values involved in its inhabitation, construction, procurement and design. It traces the thinking of the individuals who have participated in it, their relationships, and their involvement in the cultures where they lived and worked. In this way, buildings, their details,...

   Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Black Female Body in American Literature and Art

   Performing Identity

   By Caroline Brown

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally rendered alien and inarticulate within Western discursive and visual systems. Brown considers how the writings of Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones,...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
5. Globalisation and Advertising in Emerging Economies

   Brazil, Russia, India and China

   By Lynne Ciochetto

   Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

   Brazil, Russia, India and China are four of the largest and most dynamic contemporary emerging economies in the world. Strong economic growth in each of these economies has been accompanied by the expansion of the advertising and consumer goods sectors. Using a series of country studies, this book...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
6. Creativity in Peripheral Places

   Redefining the Creative Industries

   Edited by Chris Gibson

   Creativity is said to be the fuel of the contemporary economy. Dynamic industries such as film, music, television and design have changed the fortunes of entire cities, from Nashville to Los Angeles, Barcelona to Brisbane and beyond. Yet creativity remains mercurial – it is at the heart of...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
7. Mobile Interface Theory

   Embodied Space and Locative Media

   By Jason Farman

   Mobile media – from mobile phones to smartphones to netbooks – are transforming our daily lives. We communicate, we locate, we network, we play, and much more using our mobile devices. In Mobile Interface Theory, Jason Farman demonstrates how the worldwide adoption of mobile technologies is...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
8. Critical Approaches to Comics

   Theories and Methods

   Edited by Matthew J. Smith, Randy Duncan

   Critical Approaches to Comics offers students a deeper understanding of the artistic and cultural significance of comic books and graphic novels by introducing key theories and critical methods for analyzing comics. Each chapter explains and then demonstrates a critical method or approach, which...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
9. Rhetoric, Remembrance, and Visual Form

   Sighting Memory

   Edited by Anne Demo, Bradford Vivian

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   This volume offers a multifaceted investigation of intersections among visual and memorial forms in modern art, politics, and society. The question of the relationships among images and memory is particularly relevant to contemporary society, at a time when visually-based technologies are...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
10. The Graphic Communication Handbook

    By Simon Downs

    Series: Media Practice

    The Graphic Communication Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the graphics industry. It traces the history and development of graphic design, explores issues that affect the industry, examines its analysis through communications theory, explains...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge