Signatures of the Visible by Fredric Jameson (Routledge 1990) explores film and its culture and film as a vehicle for the diagnosis of social life.
In the postmodernworld, asks jameson, can the film replace the novel as the predominant instrument for exploring social reality? History, Jameson argues, is transmitted through form itself, not content. In Signatures of the Visible, he explains the power of film as a vehicle for the critique of culture and the diagnosis of social life. In a series of essays, beginning with his widely admired ‘Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture,’ Jameson questions the critical utopian potential of film in our commodified culture, where contests over value, desire, and power increasingly take place in the realm of the visual.
– Fredric Jameson, Signatures of the Visible (Routledge, 1990), excerpt from the book description
The text is in English, no illustrations.
Our copy in stock is in nice condition. The pages are clean except for some occasional underlines and other markings and the previous owner’s signature on the first flyleaf. The binding is fine. The dust jacket has a small tear and it shows signs of edge wear, shelf wear and use.
