We are constantly being told that we are living
through an image revolution. In this exploration of the politics of visual culture, Kevin Robins assesses the nature of
our emotional and imaginary investment in the visual media,
from photography to virtual reality. He looks at how modern
image technologies allow us to monitor and survey the 'real' world while maintaining a distance that somehow denies its
reality, and he asks what pressures lie behind the utopian fantasies of cyberspace with its alternative realities and virtual communities. Rather than accepting the fashionable idea that the new visual technologies are displacing the real,
Into the Image examines them sociologically, as shaped by forces and events in the real world, and demonstrates that what continues to matter is the relation of image and screen culture to the way we interact with that world.
By:
Kevin Robins
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780415145770
ISBN 10: 0415145775
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 12 September 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
,
General/trade
,
Professional & Vocational
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION: IMAGE TECHNOLOGIES AND VISUAL CULTURE, 1 THE TOUCH OF THE UNKNOWN, 2 THE SPACE OF THE SCREEN, 3 SIGHTS OF WAR, 4 CYBERSPACE AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, 5 CONSUMING IMAGES: FROM THE SYMBOLIC TO THE PSYCHOTIC, 6 THE CITY IN THE FIELD OF VISION, 7 WILL IMAGES MOVE US STILL?, Notes, Illustrations, Index
