This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of The Visual Culture Reader brings together key writings as well as specially commissioned arti...
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Mar 05, 2009
Katie
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Terrific collection of essays I had to read for my Master's course work. I still have it to this day and often find myself referencing many of the essays. This really is a must read for anyone serious about deconstruction of visual culture or for anyone who wants to be able to appreciate it more.
May 01, 2009
i really want to get through this book. technically i've been 'currently reading' this for about 5 years. it's the first essay that makes my brain spin. but it's by the editor and i feel like i owe it to him to finish it! once i get through that one, i think the other essays will be much more manageable.
Dec 16, 2009
Bridget
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this book was a fabulous way to be exposed to some critical original source material for those studying visual culture. It isn't coming at the visual from an art perspective, but a theoretical perspective, and it's not just fine art. Very informative and a must read.
Aug 31, 2007
David Michael
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A collection of some great essential essays... but in many ways, despite the editor's intent, such a book really extinguishes Visual Culture's radical potential by virtue of making it a canon of sorts.
Apr 18, 2007
maile
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This book rules, if you are into conceptual art at all or you're interested in how contemporary theories of art are influencing cultural studies, read this bitch!
Mar 23, 2008
Anthologies are best left unrated, particularly cultural theory tomes such as this. Useful, yes but what you use will depend entirely on you.
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