Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Approaches to visual communication and the question of power
5. Chapter 1. Images 11
6. Chapter 2. The critical tradition in visual studies 39
7. Chapter 3. The map, the mirror and the simulacrum 55
8. Chapter 4. Disenchantment with politics and the salience of images 69
9. Part II. Case studies
10. Chapter 5. Organising political consensus 91
11. Chapter 6. Walls, doors and exciting encounters 113
12. Chapter 7. The politics of visual representation 151
13. Chapter 8. The politics of identity and visuality 181
14. Chapter 9. Visual politics and celebrity humanitarianism 199
15. Chapter 10. The economics of gay reality television 225
16. Chapter 11. Mending endings 245
17. Chapter 12. Representing the state of exception 269
18. Index 291