Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation (Mitchell W. J. T.)(Paperback)

Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation (Mitchell W. J. T.)(Paperback)

Ekphrastic Encounters: New Interdisciplinary Essays on Literature and the Visual Arts (Kennedy David)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers a comprehensive reassessment of ekphrasis: the verbal representation of visual art. It seeks to complicate the traditional model of ekphrasis as a form of paragone (competition), and proposes a more reciprocal model that involves an encounter or exchange between word and

What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images (Mitchell W. J. T.)(Paperback)

Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were alive, possessing the power to influence us, to demand things from us, to persuade us, seduce us, or even lead us astray? According to W. J. T

Visual Research Methods: Image, Society, and Representation (Stanczak Gregory C.)(Paperback)

Visual Research Methods: Image, Society, and Representation translates abstract concepts into visually-compelling elements of everyday life. Differing from photographs as illustration, this edited volume synthesizes images with analytic questions about the world 'out there.' Editor Gregory C

Critical Terms for Media Studies (Mitchell W. J. T.)(Paperback)

Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid

Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology (Mitchell W. J. T.)(Paperback)

'[Mitchell] undertakes to explore the nature of images by comparing them with words, or, more precisely, by looking at them from the viewpoint of verbal language. . . . The most lucid exposition of the subject I have ever read.'-Rudolf Arnheim, Times Literary

Landscape and Power, Second Edition (Mitchell W. J. T.)(Paperback)

The first edition of this book, published in 1994, reshaped the direction of landscape studies by considering landscape not simply as an object to be seen or a text to be read, but as an instrument of cultural force, a central tool in the creation of national and social identities. This second

Victorian Jamaica (Barringer Tim)(Paperback)

Victorian Jamaica explores the extraordinary surviving archive of visual representation and material objects to provide a comprehensive account of Jamaican society during Queen Victoria's reign over the British Empire, from 1837 to 1901. In their analyses of material ranging from photographs of

Visual Discrimination: Exploring and Solving Picture Patterns (Edwards Jean)(Paperback)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis (Morris Eric M. J.)(Paperback)

This is the first volume to present a broad picture of theory and application for clinical approaches incorporating ACT and mindfulness in working with psychosis. It provides an overview and introduction to the subject, including a review of the evidence base. Clinical and practical applications

Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies (Page Janis Teruggi)(Paperback)

Teaches visual literacy, theory, scholarly critique, and practical application of visuals in professional communication careers Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies explores visual imagery in advertising, news coverage, political discourse, popular culture, and digital and social media

Pictures for Language Learning (Wright Andrew)(Paperback)

A richly illustrated and valuable guide to the role of pictures and other visual materials in language teaching. This book brings together a wealth of ideas on how to use pictures in a wide range of language learning situations. It discusses the contribution visuals can make to all the classroom

Critique of Architecture - Essays on Theory, Autonomy, and Political Economy (Spencer Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

British Queer Cinema(Paperback / softback)

Drawing together a range of essays, this is the history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema. From the early years of 'Pre-Gay, through the post-war gay liberation, and the 'post-AIDS' queer generations, it provides an historical perspective on queer cinema. It is for students

Scriptures and Sectarianism: Essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls (Collins John J.)(Paperback)

Essays representing ten years of John J. Collins's expert reflection on Scripture and the Qumran community are here collected in a volume that is sure to be of interest to students and scholars of Early Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Collins opens with the introductory chapter 'What Have We

Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today (Demos T. J.)(Paperback)

A critique of the discourse on the Anthropocene and the creative alternatives to it to be found through the arts, sciences, and humanities.Addressing the current upswing of attention in the sciences, arts, and humanities to the new proposal that we are in a human-driven epoch called the

Participatory Visual Methodologies: Social Change, Community and Policy (Mitchell Claudia)(Paperback)

This book demonstrates how data from participatory visual methods can take people and communities beyond ideological engagement, initiating new conversations and changing perspectives, policy debates, and policy development. These methods include, for example, photo-voice, participatory video,

Communal Nude: Collected Essays (Gluck Robert)(Paperback)

The collected essays of the cofounder of the New Narrative movement, on theory, identity, poetry, and muses from Kathy Acker to Georges Bataille.I read and wrote to invoke what seemed impossible--relation itself--in order to take part in a world that ceaselessly makes itself up, to 'wake up' to the

Visualizing Empire: Africa, Europe, and the Politics of Representation (Peabody Rebecca)(Paperback)

An exploration of how an official French visual culture normalized France's colonial project and exposed citizens and subjects to racialized ideas of life in the empire. By the end of World War I, having fortified its colonial holdings in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and

Utilitarianism: For and Against (Smart J. J.)(Paperback)

Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the

Chebyshev Polynomials: From Approximation Theory to Algebra and Number Theory: Second Edition (Rivlin Theodore J.)(Paperback)

Doing Visual Analysis: From Theory to Practice (Ledin Per)(Paperback)

Visual communication shapes our perceptions and experiences of the world. This is not only a question of photographs or video, but also the design of websites, the use of data visualization software, the branding of packaging, and even the design of buildings and furniture. Doing Visual Analysis:

On Anarchism (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Presents an introduction to the Noam Chomsky's political theory. This title gathers his essays and interviews to provide a short, accessible introduction to his distinctively optimistic brand of anarchism

Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis (Elton Edwin J.)(Paperback / softback)