Gender Advertisements1 review Erving Goffman HarperCollins, 1979 Classic on How to "read" images and ads OK, this book can be hard to find. But it is THE essential source at the foundation of how to interpret visual images, especially as they depict gender roles. It takes a lot of studying to learn to "see" -- to see the patterns of symbolism in ads, for example. Recent books tend to rush this process ...             Photography: A Critical Introduction8 reviews Liz Wells Routledge, 2004 Excellent choice for Visual Artists contemplating photography as a medium of expression + An absolute MUST for photographers and artists working in photography As a Visual Arts student coming to terms with the whole conceptual ideology in contemporary art, I found this book an excellent choice for delving into the theoretical side of contemporary photgraphy. This book is definitely not bedtime reading. Trust me, I tried it and kept myself awake! There is ...             All Consuming Images: The Politics Of Style In Contemporary Culture12 reviews Stuart Ewen Basic Books, 1990 Four and a half -- Groundbreaking Examination of Consumer Culture + A weapon you can use for your own advantage. This book is eye-opening and will cause you to question the extent to which your needs are manipulated by advertising and transformed into desires. Pretty dense research and dissection of the power of visual images to create and sustain a market economy. A perfect complement to the BBC ...             About Looking5 reviews John Berger Vintage, 1992 How little we appreciate visually + About Looking + Interesting Perspective + You gotta read this ! + Please read this book.             Traveling Light: Photography, Travel and Visual Culture (The Critical Image) Peter Osborne Manchester University Press, 2000 This is a thoroughly illustrated study of the close and continuous relationship between two of modern culture’s central phenomena: the photographic image and travel. Contributing to the growing literature of travel and its representations, the book argues that from its beginnings, photography has played a constitutive role in the formation of travel--comparable in importance to its part in ...             Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method2 reviews John,Jr. Collier, Malcolm Collier University of New Mexico Press, 1986 A great resource + Great for getting started in Visual Anthropology. I was required to buy Visual Anthropology for my Visual Sociology class my sophomore year of college. This is one i didn't sell back to the bookstore after the class was over because it is so useful. It is a great book to help a person learn how to use a camera as a research tool and get the most ...             The Future of Visual Anthropology: Engaging the Senses Sarah Pink Routledge, 2006 From an eminent author in the field, The Future of Visual Anthropology develops a new approach to visual anthropology and presents a groundbreaking examination of developments within the field and the way forward for the subdiscipline in the twenty-first century The explosion of visual media in recent years has generated a wide range of visual and digital technologies which have transformed ...             The New Media Reader: Introduction to Media Studies Critical Texts Stuart Ewen Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001             On Photography26 reviews Susan Sontag Picador, 2001 a must buy book on photography + Amazing essays!!!! + Medieval European Scholar Ideas if you have a serious interest on photography, this book is a must buy. It keep pushing you on considering the meaning of taking a pic, the relationship between the real world and photography, and many other perspectives related to photography. It provide large amount of examples to support its ...             The Subject of Documentary (Visible Evidence, V. 16) Michael Renov University of Minnesota Press, 2004 Here is, by far, the best, boldest, and most thorough account to date of video art and activism, practice and theory. The long-awaited follow-up to a project conducted by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), this volume comprises original articles by many of the most interesting video artists, filmmakers, and critical theorists writing today. Their subjects, from video pedagogy to ...             The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life11 reviews Erving Goffman Anchor, 1959 A sociological classic + What happens when you appear in front of others + A justifiable classic - though not without its flaws + The Arts of Impression Management             The Familial Gaze Dartmouth, 1999 Contemporary artists, writers, and theorists challenge standard interpretations of family photographs.             Collecting Visible Evidence University of Minnesota Press, 1999             The Burden of Visual Truth: The Role of Photojournalism in Mediating Reality (Lea's Communication Series)1 review Julianne H. Newton Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000 Visual Truth: YEAH! Mrs. Newton has done an excellent job of giving several perspectives relating to the field of visual truth or photojournalism. Its excellent for the beginner researcher or someone who needs indepth information on how this media has effected us. I personally would recomend this book to any student ...             Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture26 reviews Marita Sturken, Lisa Cartwright Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Remarkably Well-Written..., Exemplary Textbook..., Wide-Ranging..., Comprehensive And Compelling... + one of the best books about visual culture + excellent! "Marita Sturken is Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California." "Lisa Cartwright is Associate Professor of English and of Visual and Cultural Studies, and Director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies at the ...             Experimental Ethnography: The Work of Film in the Age of Video4 reviews Catherine Russell Duke University Press, 1999 Artificial intelligence + Well worth it + Read the 1star critic below for a slob's guide to an opinion I had to write this review as Amazon is a place where millions of people buy their books and unfortunately see idiotic reviews such have been offered here before me and this affects the sales of the book. I felt I must defend Russel's book which is an excellent overview of the evolving state of ...             Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images15 reviews Terry Barrett McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005 Getting Better When I reviewed the third edition of this book several years ago, I didn't rate it highly, but I thought that perhaps the fourth edition might be a better book, and it is. Despite its subtitle, which might lead you to believe it is about understanding pictures, the bulk of this book is directed ...             Handbook of Visual Communication: Theory, Methods, and Media (Lea's Communication Series)1 review Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004 requirement sampled this book was recommended to me because a friend intimated concern. i could read in between the links over a public online forum that her advice has taken the form of some categorized theory. question is, can scholars unclog my process of getting caught up in the act of taking? what seems to be a ...             Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought (Centennial Book)4 reviews Martin Jay University of California Press, 1994 Ivan Illich likes it + Excellent survey, stylistically conservative Says Ivan Illich in a marvelous paper - Guarding the Eye in the Age of Show - available from the Pudel site in Bremen: "Historians of scopic regimes are people who concentrate their attention on the ethology of sense activities in different cultures and epochs. If I had to choose a name for ...             Visual Research Methods: Image, Society, and Representation Sage Publications, Inc, 2007 Visual research is reemerging across the social sciences as a significant, underutilized resource producing unique lines of inquiry and sparking innovative pedagogies. Stanczak's edited volume crisscrosses disciplines in ways that highlights the multiple manifestations of this newer interdisciplinary trend. As such, this volume will be useful as a methodological, epistemological, and ...