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.