Cultures of colour visual, material, textual
Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally constructed lines. Colour exists as a cultural as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
New York :
Berghahn Books
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Polygons ;
v. 15. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798254206719 |
| Summary: | Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally constructed lines. Colour exists as a cultural as well as psycho-physical phenomenon and acquires a multitude of meanings within differing historical and cultural contexts. The contributors examine how colour becomes imbued with specific symbolic and material meanings that tint our constructions of race, gender, ideal bodies, the relationship of t |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282254183 9786613814838 9780857454652 |
