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Author:   Krešimir Purgar
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367876562

ISBN 10:   0367876566
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   10 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction Krešimir Purgar Part 1: Towards a Critical Iconology 1. The Changing Patterns of Iconology: Seven Questions to Mitchell from the 20th Century Timothy Erwin 2. What is an Image? W.J.T. Mitchell's Picturing Theory Francesco Gori 3. Post-Structuralist Iconology: Genealogical and Historical Concerns of Mitchell's Image Science György E. Szőnyi 4. Iconology as Cultural Symptomatology: Dinosaurs, Clones and the Golden Calf in Mitchell's Image Theory Krešimir Purgar 5. Words and Pictures in the Age of the Image: An Interview with W.J.T. Mitchell Andrew McNamara Part II: (Post)Disciplinary Context 6. From Image/Text to Biopictures: Key Concepts in W.J.T. Mitchell's Image Theory Michele Cometa 7. The Birth of the Discipline: W.J.T. Mitchell and the Chicago School of Visual Studies Ian Verstegen 8. What Discipline? On Mitchell’s ""Interdisciplinarity"" and German Medienwissenschaft Jens Schröter 9. Mitchell and Boehm – A Dialogue: Image Science in the European Context Luca Vargiu 10. Images and their Incarnations: An Interview with W.J.T. Mitchell Asbjørn Grønstad, Øyvind Vågnes Part III: Interpretive Readings 11. What Do Photographs Want? Mitchell’s Theory of Photography from the Camera Obscura to the Networked Lens Thomas Stubblefield 12. The Eyes Have Ears: Sound in W.J.T. Mitchell’s Pictures from Paragone to Occupy Wall Street Hannah Higgins 13. Living Pictures of Democracy: W.J.T. Mitchell's Iconology as Political Philosophy Maxime Boidy 14. Showing Showing: Reading Mitchell's ""Queer"" Metapictures John Paul Ricco 15. After the Pictorial Turn: An Interview with W.J.T.

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Krešimir Purgar is Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Among his recent titles is the co-edited volume Theorizing Images (2016), as well as the articles ""Coming to Terms with Images: Visual Studies and Beyond"" (2016) and ""What is not an Image (Anymore)? Iconic Difference, Immersion, and Iconic Simultaneity in the Age of Screens"" (2015).

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