{"product_id":"practices-of-looking-an-introduction-to-visual-culture-9780195314403","title":"Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eVisual culture is central to how we communicate. Our lives are dominated by images and by visual technologies that allow for the local and global circulation of ideas  information  and politics. In this increasingly visual world  how can we best decipher and understand the many ways that our everyday lives are organized around looking practices and the many images we encounter each day? Now in a new edition  Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture provides a comprehensive and engaging overview of how we understand a wide array of visual media and how we use images to express ourselves  to communicate  to play  and to learn. Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright--two leading scholars in the emergent and dynamic field of visual culture and communication--examine the diverse range of approaches to visual analysis and lead students through key theories and concepts.  Using clear  accessible language  vivid examples  and more than 250 full-color illustrations  the authors both explain and apply theory as they discuss how we see paintings  prints  photographs  film  television  video  advertisements  the news  the Internet  digital media  and visualization techniques in medicine and science. This truly interdisciplinary text bridges art history  film  media  and cultural studies to investigate how images carry meaning within and between different cultural arenas in everyday life  from art and commerce to science and the law. Sturken and Cartwright analyze images in relation to a wide spectrum of cultural and representational issues (desire  power  the gaze  bodies  sexuality  and ethnicity) and methodologies (semiotics  Marxism  psychoanalysis  feminism  and postcolonial theory).  Thoroughly updated to incorporate cutting-edge theoretical research  the second edition examines the following new topics: the surge of new media technologies; the impact of globalization on the flow of information and media form and content; and how nationalism and security concerns have changed our looking practices in the aftermath of 9\/11. Challenging yet accessible  Practices of Looking is ideal for courses across a range of disciplines  including media and film studies  communications  art history  and photography.  Beautifully designed and now in a larger format and in full color throughout  Practices of Looking is an invaluable guide to understanding the complexities  contradictions  and pleasures of the visual world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789750460469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195314409","price":38.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195314403.jpg?v=1784696419","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/practices-of-looking-an-introduction-to-visual-culture-9780195314403","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}