The Weight of Images
| Author | : Dr Katariina Kyrölä |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2014-03-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781472413062 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1472413067 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (067 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Weight of Images by : Dr Katariina Kyrölä
Download or read book The Weight of Images written by Dr Katariina Kyrölä and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Weight of Images explores the ways in which media images can train their viewers’ bodies. Proposing a shift away from an understanding of spectatorship as being constituted by acts of the mind, this book favours a theorization of relations between bodies and images as visceral, affective engagements that shape our body image - with close attention to one particularly charged bodily characteristic in contemporary western culture: fat.