The power of the gaze
Subtitle: an introduction to visual literacy
By: Janne Seppänen ; translated by Aijaleena Ahonen & Kris Clarke.
Series: New literacies and digital epistemologies -- v. 20.
Publisher: P. Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780820481395
Subjects: Visual literacy
Description: "The Power of the Gaze, a textbook on visual literacy, entices the reader to seek significant structures in everyday visual reality, which are called visual orders. Visual orders can be found in representations, visible surroundings, or in nonverbal interaction that relies on gaze. In order to understand what one looks at, one must first understand what it means to gaze and what it means to look. Visual literacy is defined as the critical understanding of the meanings of visual orders. The book is written for all readers interested in visual culture and its phenomena"--Jacket.
Notes: Translation of: Katseen voima.

Includes bibliographical references ([141]-145).
Table of contents: title: Living in visual orders; title: The eye, looking and the gaze; title: Reading pictures.