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Objects of Vision Making Sense of What We See.
Advances in technology allow us to see the invisible: fetal heartbeats, seismic activity, cell mutations, virtual space. Yet in an age when experience is so intensely mediated by visual records, the centuries-old realization that knowledge gained through sight is inherently fallible takes on troubli...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park :
Penn State University Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Perspectives on sensory history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: In Memory of
- Introduction: Making Sense of What We See
- 1. The Persistence of Miraculous Vision
- 2. Technological Vision: Hoaxes and the Desire to Believe
- 3. Camera Vision and the Quest for Indexical Truths
- 4. Untitled: Postmodern Vision and the Triumph of the Pseudo-Event
- Conclusion: How to Look at a Million Images
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index