{"product_id":"image-critique-the-fall-sunil-manghani-9781841501901","title":"Image Critique \u0026 the Fall of the Berlin Wall","description":"Although we are now accustomed to watching history unfold live on the air, the fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the first instances when history was produced on television. Inspired by the Wall and its powerful resonances, Sunil Manghani's breakthrough study presents the new critical concept of \"image critique,\" a method of critiquing images while simultaneously using them as a means to engage with contemporary culture. Manghani examines current debates surrounding visual culture, ranging from such topics as Francis Fukuyama's end of history thesis to metapictures and East German film. The resulting volume is an exhilarating interweaving of history, politics, and visual culture. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Sunil Manghani's Image Critique \u0026amp; the Fall of the Berlin Wall is the best sort of scholarly book--an intellectually grounded and theoretically adventurous critical performance. Through his concept of image critique, Manghani makes a virtue out of the many attributes of images that bedevil visual cultural studies, rightly insisting that rather than domesticating images for the tyranny of the word, scholars must do visual studies from the ground of images, in the process reconceptualizing theory and criticism. Manghani adeptly anchors his insights in close engagements with images, most notably images from the event of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If heeded, Manghani's book will change the trajectory of visual cultural studies by making critique a performance with force in the world.\"--Kevin DeLuca, University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunil Manghani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1841501905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781841501901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intellect (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Sunil Manghani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112780673279,"sku":"9781841501901","price":35.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73d63e14-8b17-469d-9ef3-03ef279d3d86.jpg?v=1769610892","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/image-critique-the-fall-sunil-manghani-9781841501901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}