Farewell to Visual Studies

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"A transdisciplinary collection of essays discussing the identity, nature, and future of visual studies as a laboratory for thinking about relations between fields including art history, cultural studies, sociology, visual anthropology, film studies, media studies, postcolonial studies, philosophy of history, the science of vision, and science studies"--Provided by publisher.;Histories : visuelle Kultur -- Histories : Anglo-American visual studies, 1989-1999 -- Histories : 2000-2010 -- Histories : the present decade -- Histories : Bildwissenschaft -- Image, meaning, and power -- A general theory of visual culture -- The political -- Science studies -- The place of the image -- Envoi -- Assessments. Histories : visuelle Kultur -- Histories : Anglo-American visual studies, 1989-1999 -- Histories : 2000-2010 -- Histories : the present decade -- Histories : Bildwissenschaft -- Image, meaning, and power -- A general theory of visual culture -- The political -- Science studies -- The place of the image -- Envoi -- Assessments.