Introduction: Critical Visual Theory

Authors

  • Peter Ludes Jacobs University Bremen
  • Winfried Nöth Catholic University of Sao Paulo
  • Kathrin Fahlenbrach University of Hamburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v12i1.559

Keywords:

Critical Visual Theory, Visual Communication, Digital Cultures, Protest, Semiotics, Visual Discourse, Collective Memories, Gendered Gazes, Visual Capitalism

Abstract

The studies selected for publication in this special issue on Critical Visual Theory can be divided into three thematic groups: (1) image making as power making, (2) commodification and recanonization, and (3) approaches to critical visual theory. The approaches to critical visual theory adopted by the authors of this issue may be subsumed under the following headings (3.1) critical visual discourse and visual memes in general and Anonymous visual discourse in particular, (3.2) collective memory and gendered gaze, and (3.3) visual capitalism, global north and south.

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Published

2014-03-21

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Special Issue: Critical Visual Theory

License

tripleC is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal (ISSN: 1726-670X). All journal content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License.

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