Visions of modernity : representation, memory, time and space in the age of the camera
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R012002 Ned. Fotomuseum $T McQUIRE.S 1998 R013846 Ned. Fotomuseum $T McQUIRE.S 1998
TitleVisions of modernity : representation, memory, time and space in the age of the camera
Author
Place of publicationLondon, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PublisherSage Publications
Year of publication1998
Pagination279 p.
Dimensions25 x 16 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN0761953000
Bibliographic Notespb; includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-268) and index.
Abstract
Book Description: /
"Visions of Modernity explores the relationship between technology, society and identity that underpins contemporary 'media culture'. By tracing particular historical shifts as they have intersected with different camera technologies -photography, cinema, television - Scott McQuire engages with broad social and political transformations. Focusing on the camera, McQuire offers a useful point of entry for understanding the processes of modernization and the dramatic changes -perceptual, experiential and epistemological -that characterize modernity."
Contents: / Pt. 1. The Ruins of Representation. 1. Photomimesis. 2. The Geometric Universe. 3. Writing with Light. 4. The Mechanical Eye of Reason. 5. Promiscuous Meanings. 6. The Mobile Frame. 7. Flickering in Eclipses. 8. The Ends of Representation -- Pt. 2. Photomnemonics. 1. The Eye of the Camera Faces Backwards. 2. The Law of Progress. 3. The Crisis of Memory. 4. Amnesic Cultures. 5. Eternity's Hostage: The Camera and the Archive. 6. Intolerable Memories. 7. Biodegradable Histories -- Pt. 3. The New Plasticity of Space and Time. 1. Pure Speed: From Transport to Teleport. 2. Reconstructing 'the World'. 3. The Myth of the Centre. 4. In the Neon Forest. 5. Interzones. 6. Unstable Architectures. 7. Telepresence and the Government of Time.
"Visions of Modernity explores the relationship between technology, society and identity that underpins contemporary 'media culture'. By tracing particular historical shifts as they have intersected with different camera technologies -photography, cinema, television - Scott McQuire engages with broad social and political transformations. Focusing on the camera, McQuire offers a useful point of entry for understanding the processes of modernization and the dramatic changes -perceptual, experiential and epistemological -that characterize modernity."
Contents: / Pt. 1. The Ruins of Representation. 1. Photomimesis. 2. The Geometric Universe. 3. Writing with Light. 4. The Mechanical Eye of Reason. 5. Promiscuous Meanings. 6. The Mobile Frame. 7. Flickering in Eclipses. 8. The Ends of Representation -- Pt. 2. Photomnemonics. 1. The Eye of the Camera Faces Backwards. 2. The Law of Progress. 3. The Crisis of Memory. 4. Amnesic Cultures. 5. Eternity's Hostage: The Camera and the Archive. 6. Intolerable Memories. 7. Biodegradable Histories -- Pt. 3. The New Plasticity of Space and Time. 1. Pure Speed: From Transport to Teleport. 2. Reconstructing 'the World'. 3. The Myth of the Centre. 4. In the Neon Forest. 5. Interzones. 6. Unstable Architectures. 7. Telepresence and the Government of Time.
| Copy number | R012002 |
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| Shelf mark | $T McQUIRE.S 1998 |
| Copy number | R013846 |
| Institution name | |
| Shelf mark | $T McQUIRE.S 1998 |