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The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons /

Departing from the present need for cultural models within the public debate, this volume offers a new contribution to the study of cultural icons. From the traditional religious icon to the modern mass media icon, from the recognizable visual icon to the complex entanglement of image and collective...

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Auteur principal: Boven, Erica van, 1952-
Autres auteurs: Winkler, Marieke
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Departing from the present need for cultural models within the public debate, this volume offers a new contribution to the study of cultural icons. From the traditional religious icon to the modern mass media icon, from the recognizable visual icon to the complex entanglement of image and collective narratives: 'The Construction and Dynamics of Cultural Icons' offers an overview of existing theories, compares different definitions and proposes a comprehensive view on the icon and the iconic. Focusing in particular on the making of iconic representations and their changing social-cultural meanings through time, scholars from cultural memory studies, art history and literary studies present concrete operationalizations of the ways different types of cultural icons can be studied.
Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (220 pages).
ISBN:9789048550838