Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials - Softcover

Rose, Gillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412921910 ISBN 13: 9781412921916

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Comprehensively revised and updated the Second Edition of the bestselling Visual Methodologies provides a critical introduction to the study and interpretation of visual culture.

The Second Edition contains:

- 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

About this title

Review

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 (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 )

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412921910
• ISBN 13: 9781412921916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304