Visual Methodologies

Visual Methodologies by Gillian Rose

Comprehensively revised and updated the Second Edition of the bestselling Visual Methodologies provides a critical introduction to the study and interpretation of visual culture. An introductory chapter contextualises the theoretical approach to working with visual materials. Subsequent chapters each examine a visual method in detail and assesses the method's strengths and weaknesses. The methods discussed in the now include: compositional interpretation, content analysis, semiology, psychoanalysis, discourse analysis, audience studies (new), an anthropological approach to understanding visual materials (new), and on making images as part of social science research (new). New to this edition: " a completely new chapter on how to use the book " each chapter follows the same structure, making comparisons between methods easier " three extra chapters, each discussing a method not covered in the First Edition Visual Methodologies is essential reading for students and researchers involved in the study of visual culture in the social sciences.

Gillian Rose has provided a welcome overview of the state of the fieldVisual Methodologies succeeds both as an introductory text, certain to be widely adopted in the classroom, and as a sophisticated refresher course for those who have followed the rapid maturation of this remarkable interdisciplinary discourse Professor Martin Jay University of California, Berkeley -- Professor Martin Jay Gillian Rose has provided a welcome overview of the state of the field. Visual Methodologies succeeds both as an introductory text, certain to be widely adopted in the classroom, and as a sophisticated refresher course for those who have followed the rapid maturation of this remarkable interdisciplinary discourse Professor Martin Jay University of California, Berkeley -- Arthur P. Young

Gillian Rose (1947 1995) was a British philosopher and sociologist. She is the author of Paradiso, Mourning Becomes the Law, and Hegel Contra Sociology.

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ISBN 13	9781412921916
ISBN 10	1412921910
Title	Visual Methodologies
Author	Gillian Rose
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2006-12-28
Number of pages	304
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