| Modern French Visual Theory: A Critical Reader UK Edition Contributor(s): Saint, Nigel (Editor), Stafford, Andy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719081300 ISBN-13: 9780719081309 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Criticism - Philosophy | Social - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 194 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When French theory went global in the late twentieth century its visual wing was understandably built on the work of its best-known thinkers, notably Foucault, Derrida, Barthes and Deleuze. However these names merely scratch the surface of a vibrant and innovative body of theory that has been produced in France over the last six decades. This volume focuses on a range of theorists who usually languish under the academic radar, especially when outside of France: Arasse, Buci-Glucksmann, Damisch, Debray, Didi-Huberman, Heinich, Marin, Schefer and Stiegler. Also discussed is the important work on the visual of Baudrillard, Merleau-Ponty, Metz and Nancy. Five major areas of French contemporary visual theory are studied by international scholars working within Visual Culture and Art History: phenomenology and beyond; new art histories and genealogies; semiotics and methodologies; memory and the body; and the digital era. |