Transmission Image: Visual Translation and Cultural Agency
Informacje o e-booku
Bringing together scholarly perspectives on places ranging from China and India to Nigeria, and from the Philippines and Syria to Germany, this volume proposes a truly global outlook on the study of visual culture in both a contemporary and an historical perspective. Addressing key theoretical issues, the contributors cover a wide range of art forms and visual media, highlighting the complex cultural codification of images and its impact on the study of visual culture and globalization.
O autorze
Alexandra Schneider is Lecturer at the Film Studies Department of the Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany. She has published a book on home movies (Die Stars sind wir. Marburg: Schüren, 2004) and co-edited several books, including: Flugbilder—Kinobilder vom Fliegen. Muenster: Lit Verlag (2008, forthcoming) and Import—Export. India. Germany. Austria. Berlin: Parthas (2005). Her work has been published in Visual Anthropology, Film History and Montage/av.
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:
Nancy Adajania, Heike Behrend, Hans Belting, Peter J. Bräunlein, Markus Buschhaus, Iris Därmann, Martin Gieselmann, Simone Grießmayer, Anne von der Heiden, Asko Lehmuskallio, Birgit Mersmann, and Beat Wyss.
