Culture of the Selfie: Self-Representation in Contemporary Visual Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789492302175)

Culture of the Selfie is an in-depth art-historical overview of self-portraiture, using a set of theories from visual studies, narratology, media studies, psychotherapy, and political principles. Collecting information from various fields, juxtaposing them on the historical time-line of artworks, the book focuses on space in self-portraits, shared between the person self-portraying and the viewer. What is the missing information of the transparent relationship to the self and what kind of world appears behind each selfie? As the 'world behind one's back' is gradually taking larger place in the visual field, the book dwells on a capacity of selfies to master reality, the inter-mediate way and, in a measure, oneself.

Author: Ana Peraica
ISBN-10: 9492302179
ISBN-13: 9789492302175
Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2017
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.24d