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The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol (Material Cultures)

By Malcolm Quinn

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1994
ISBN
041510095X, 9780415100953, 9780203993873
LCC
DD256.5 .Q56 1994
Open Library ID
OL1081156M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2920478 bytes)
Series
Material Cultures
Edition
First
Pages
209\209
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

This book is 'a history of visibility'; it shows how the swastika became the key device in the Nazi colonisation of the visual field. It does not deal with what the swastika 'means' but rather with how the contradictory messages of racist ideology were given form in the swastika as symbol or 'brand'. This book was described by Stephen Heller, in Design Issues (Autumn 1995) as `one of the most important books about design history and design's role in political and social persuasion that has been published to date'. Heller is the author of The Swastika Symbol Beyond Recognition (Allworth Press 2000).

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