Handbook of Visual Culture

Visual culture has become one of the most dynamic fields of scholarship a reflection of how the study of human culture increasingly requires distinctively visual ways of thinking and methods of analysis. Bringing together leading international scholars to assess all aspects of visual culture the <i>Handbook</i> aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the subject.<br/><br/>The <i>Handbook</i>embraces the extraordinary range of disciplines which now engage in the study of the visual - film and photography television fashion visual arts digital media geography philosophy architecture material culture sociology cultural studies and art history. Throughout the <i>Handbook</i>is responsive to the cross-disciplinary nature of many of the key questions raised in visual culture around digitization globalization cyberculture surveillance spectacle and the role of art.<br/><br/>The <i>Handbook</i> guides readers new to the area as well as experienced researchers into the topics issues and questions that have emerged in the study of visual culture since the start of the new millennium conveying the boldness excitement and vitality of the subject.