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The politics of the superficial : visual rhetoric & the protocol of display / Brett Ommen.
Van Pelt Library P301.5.P67 O44 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ommen, Brett, author.
- Series:
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
- Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Visual communication--Political aspects.
- Visual communication.
- Semiotics--Political aspects.
- Semiotics.
- Physical Description:
- x, 159 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The Politics of the Superficial argues that the increasing volume of visually communicative surfaces in public life contributes to a very particular form of public imagination and political activity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Visual Colonization of Surface
- 1. Spanning Design's Surface
- 2. First Things First: Graphic Design and Meaning
- 3. The Protocol of Display
- 4. The Public Chamber of Fear
- 5. The Politics of the Graphic Design.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817319182
- 0817319182
- OCLC:
- 930257262
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