In his latest book, James Elkins offers a road map through the field of visual studies, describing its major concerns and its principal theoretical...
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Aug 28, 2010
Patti
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Elkins' overview tackles a lot of questions about the possibilities and pitfalls of interdisciplinary scholarship that I've been thinking about lately, and provides a succinct history of the discipline of Visual Studies along the way. The third chapter, on "ten ways to make Visual Studies more difficult"--methodologically, theoretically, and in the practice of writing--is the heart of the book, and I would definitely recommend at least that section for anyone who's interested in doing
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