Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-

An introduction to visual culture / Nicholas Mirzoeff. - 2nd ed. - London : Routledge, 2009. - xxii, 321 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global Visual Cultures : Paradox and Comparison -- Sight becomes Vis ion : From al-Haytham to Perspective -- "1492" : Expulsions, Expropriat ions, Encounters -- Slavery, Modernity and Visual Culture -- Panoptic M odernity -- Imperial Transcultures : From Kongo to Congo -- Sexuality D isrupts : Measuring the Silences -- Inventing the West -- Decolonizing Visions -- Discrete States: Digital Worlds from the Difference Engine t o Web 2.0 -- The Death of the Death of Photography -- Celebrity : From Imperial Monarchy to Reality TV -- Watching War.

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Art and society.
Visual communication.
Visual perception.
Mass media.
Communication and culture.
Postmodernism.

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