{"product_id":"reading-the-visual-paperback-1","title":"Reading the Visual - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Schirato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the body to the ever-present lens, the world is increasingly preoccupied with the visual. What exactly is the visual' and how can we interpret the multitude of images that bombard us every day? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Visual\u003c\/i\u003e takes as its starting point a tacit familiarity with the visual, and shows how we see even ordinary objects through the frameworks and filters of culture and personal experience. It explains how to analyse the mechanisms, conventions, contexts and uses of the visual in western cultures to make sense of visual objects of all kinds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a range of theorists including John Berger, Foucault, Bourdieu and Crary, the authors outline our relationship to the visual, tracing changes to literacies, genres and pleasures affecting ways of seeing from the Enlightenment to the advent of virtual technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Visual\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable introduction to visual culture for readers across the humanities and social sciences.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Schirato is Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Film and Theatre at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eCommunication and Cultural Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e. Jen Webb is Senior Lecturer and Director of Writing in the School of Creative Communication at the University of Canberra, Australia. They are both co-authors of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Foucault\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47222562783481,"sku":"9781865087306","price":69.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SGxCNlIzUy8xamdEUHpOeStyOEhVdz09_e2af7f99-8b24-478a-8e1e-f05e5f0332c6.webp?v=1768220069","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/reading-the-visual-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}