De-westernizing Visual Communication and Cultures : Perspectives from the Global South

Herdin, Thomas (EDT); Faust, Maria (EDT); Chen, Guo-Ming (EDT)

ISBN 10: 3848765772 / ISBN 13: 9783848765775

Published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: De-westernizing Visual Communication and Cultures : Perspectives from the Global South
• Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Co
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848765772
• ISBN 13: 9783848765775
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This edited volume gives voice to pluralised avenues from visual communication and cultural studies regarding the Global South and beyond, including examples from China, India, Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico and numerous other countries. Defining visual communication and culture as an umbrella term that encompasses imagery studies, the moving image and non-verbal visual communication, the first three chapters of the book describe de-Westernisation discourse as a way to strengthen emic research and the Global South as both a geographical concept and, even more so, a category of diversity and pluralism. The subsequent regional case study-based chapters draw on various emic theories and methodologies and find a complex arrangement of visuality between sociocultural and sociopolitical practices and institutions. This book targets a wide range of scholars: academics with expertise in (regional) visual studies as well as researchers, students and practitioners working on the Global South and de-Westernisation.