The Politics of Pictures
The Creation of the Public in the Age of the Popular Media
1st Edition
Published on 7. January 1993
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-0-415-01541-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Politics of Pictures is a history of looking, from Aristotle to TV audiences, from the invention of photography to the meaning of picnics, from Leviathan to synchronised swimming, Dr Johnson to the sexualization of war. John Hartley's wide-ranging and sometimes bizarre journey of discovery looks for the public in the realm of media, where citizens are now literally represented on screen and page. The book investigates popular media reality by showing how pictures and texts are powerful political forces in their own right, using a variety of primary texts to explore the way publics have been created, and exploring the political uses of media audiences. The unconventional approach is designed to show how popular reality looks to itself, and how its peculiar forms and connections actually challenge some venerable political and philosophical truths.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-01541-7 (9780415015417)
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Person
Teresa Brayshaw is Principal Lecturer in Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University and works freelance as a Feldenkrais teacher, theatre practitioner and personal development coach in a range of international contexts. She co-edited the third edition of The Twentieth Century Performance Reader.
Anna Fenemore is Associate Professor in Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds.? She is also artistic director of Manchester-based Pigeon Theatre.
Noel Witts is Emeritus Professor of Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University, and a Professorial Fellow at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Tadeusz Kantor in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series, and co-editor of all three editions of The Twentieth Century Performance Reader.
Anna Fenemore is Associate Professor in Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds.? She is also artistic director of Manchester-based Pigeon Theatre.
Noel Witts is Emeritus Professor of Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University, and a Professorial Fellow at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Tadeusz Kantor in the Routledge Performance Practitioners series, and co-editor of all three editions of The Twentieth Century Performance Reader.
Content
Acknowledgements, PUBLIC-ITY (Introduction), Part I Public pictures, Part II The pictures of politics, Notes, Bibliography, Index