The Visual Culture Reader 3rd (third) Edition published by Routledge

by Nicholas Mirzoeff

In response to rapid changes in the emerging interdisciplinary field of visual culture, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of The Visual Culture Reader, the first and leading collection of essays on the topic, brings together the key writings, covering a wealth of visual forms including photography, painting, sculpture, fashion, advertising, virtual reality, and other electronic imaging systems. The second edition features a new introduction, new sections and section introductions, 40 illustrations and previously unpublished material by key writers in the field.The Visual Culture Reader features introductory essays tracing the development of visual culture studies over the last fifteen years, and extracts grouped into thematic sections, each prefaced by an introduction by the editor. Essays Irit Rogoff, Ella Shohat, Jonathan L. Beller, WJT Mitchell, René Descartes, Karl Marx, WEB DuBois, Marshall McLuhan, Frantz Fanon, Roland Barthes, Guy Debord, Louis Althusser, Jean Beaudrillard, Judith Butler, N. Katherine Hayles, Kobena Mercer, Nestor Garlia Canclini, Arjun Appadurai, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Lisa Bloom, Michel Foucault, Geoffrey Batchen, Wendy Chun, Lisa Nakamura, Thomas Campanella, Lisa Parks, Anne Friedberg, Lev Manovich, May Joseph, David Joselit, Tara McPherson, Toby Miller, Andrew Ross, John Fiske, Anne Reynolds, Michele Wallace, Marita Sturken, Donna Haraway, Lisa Cartwright, Anne Balsamo, Amelia Jones, Terry Smith, Timothy Mitchell, Anne McClintock, Malek Alloula, Suzanne Preston Blier, Jill Casid, Adrian Piper, Coco Fusco, Olu Oguibe, Orianna Baddeley, Anthea Callen, Tamar Garb, Thomas Waugh, Reina Lewis, Raiford Morris, Joanne Morra, Marquard Smith, Omayra Cruz, Jacques Lacan, Robert Stam, Carol Mavor, Judith Halberstam

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Theory, Cultural Studies, Art History, Sociology, Academia

Paperback

First published December 22, 1998

Reviews

[Bridget · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[David Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[emi k · Rating 5 out of 5]

the best "reader" on visual culture i've ever read, and i've read many. Althusser, Barthes, Baudrillard, Butler, Dubois, Fanon, GUY DEBORD (!!!), Descarte, Foucault, Haraway, Shohat(!!!), Halberstam, and the list goes on and on. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maile · Rating 5 out of 5]

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!

[Vanessa]

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.

[Katie Chico · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

some amazing pieces on the gaze, visual colonialism, digital culture, etc.. While this edition may be out of date, the ideas are not.. A keeper for certain.

[Merve]

A great collection of essays. You cannot just read it and be done with it. It is more of an ongoing reading experience that requires one to read some of the essays again and again.