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Visual studies

Paperback • 2003 • English

Visual studies: A skeptical introduction

By James Elkins

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About the book

Visual studies is a rapidly expanding intellectual field, growing throughout colleges and universities around the world. But is it asking the most interesting questions? And is it just too easy to do? In his latest book, James Elkins offers a road map through the field of visual studies, describing its major concerns and its principal theoretical sources. Then, with the skill and indsight that have marked his successful books on art and visuality, Elkins takes the reader down a side road where v...Show more

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Visual studies

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Paperback

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