{"product_id":"reading-the-visual-tony-schirato-9781865087306","title":"Reading the Visual","description":"From the body to the ever-present lens, the world is increasingly preoccupied with the visual. What exactly is the visual' and how can we interpret the multitude of images that bombard us every day? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Visual\u003c\/i\u003e takes as its starting point a tacit familiarity with the visual, and shows how we see even ordinary objects through the frameworks and filters of culture and personal experience. It explains how to analyse the mechanisms, conventions, contexts and uses of the visual in western cultures to make sense of visual objects of all kinds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a range of theorists including John Berger, Foucault, Bourdieu and Crary, the authors outline our relationship to the visual, tracing changes to literacies, genres and pleasures affecting ways of seeing from the Enlightenment to the advent of virtual technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Visual\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable introduction to visual culture for readers across the humanities and social sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Schirato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1865087300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781865087306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Tony Schirato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126896652543,"sku":"9781865087306","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf84bbfb-f059-4a0f-924b-0d94dbf12761.jpg?v=1687450750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-visual-tony-schirato-9781865087306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}