T J Mitchell: 15 books
Working Stiff
Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
“Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI—the real kind—will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being.
Just two months before...
The Capture of Attu
A World War II Battle as Told by the Men Who Fought There
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2018
In May 1943 US forces clashed with Japanese invaders in an epic battle on the Alaskan island of Attu. Fighting through the fog and icy rain, avoiding pot-shots from snipers in mountain crevices, lugging heavy machine guns up slippery inclines, and ultimately scaling a 250-foot cliff, the 17th Infantry...
W.J.T. Mitchell
Den Wahnsinn sehen: psychische Störung, Medien und visuelle Kultur (dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 083)
Language: German
Release Date: June 1, 2012
In seinem Notizbuch untersucht Mitchell die visuelle Repräsentation von Wahnsinn im zeitgenössischen Kino. Die Inszenierung von Wahnsinn in Filmen aus dem 20. und 21. Jahrhundert wirft für ihn die Frage auf, ob es dem Kino in seiner Hypervisibilität gelungen ist, die Gesten des Wahnsinn spürbar...
Image Science
Iconology, Visual Culture, and Media Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Almost thirty years ago, W. J. T. Mitchell’s Iconology helped launch the interdisciplinary study of visual media, now a central feature of the humanities. Along with his subsequent Picture Theory and What Do Pictures Want?, Mitchell’s now-classic work introduced such ideas as the pictorial...
What Do Pictures Want?
The Lives and Loves of Images
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were alive, possessing the power to influence us, to demand things from us, to persuade us, seduce us, or even lead us astray?
According to W. J. T....
Occupy
Three Inquiries in Disobedience
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Mic check! Mic check! Lacking amplification in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protestors addressed one another by repeating and echoing speeches throughout the crowd. In Occupy, W. J. T. Mitchell, Bernard E. Harcourt, and Michael Taussig take the protestors’ lead and perform their own resonant...
Das Leben der Bilder
Eine Theorie der visuellen Kultur
Language: German
Release Date: November 7, 2017
W.J.T. Mitchells brillante Studie über das Eigenleben von Bildern in unserer Kultur W.J.T. Mitchell ist eine der wichtigsten Stimmen in der heutigen Diskussion um Wesen und Funktion von Bildern. In seinem jüngsten Buch - dem ersten, das auch in deutscher Sprache erscheint - erkundet der amerikanische...
Edward Said and the Work of the Critic
Speaking Truth to Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2000
For at least two decades the career of Edward Said has defined what it means to be a public intellectual today. Although attacked as a terrorist and derided as a fraud for his work on behalf of his fellow Palestinians, Said’s importance extends far beyond his political activism. In this volume a...
Iconology
Image, Text, Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
"[Mitchell] undertakes to explore the nature of images by comparing them with words, or, more precisely, by looking at them from the viewpoint of verbal language. . . . The most lucid exposition of the subject I have ever read."—Rudolf Arnheim, Times Literary Supplement
by W. J. T. Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
According to Mitchell, a “color-blind” post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against claims that race is an outmoded construct, he contends that race is not simply something to be seen but is a fundamental medium through which we experience human otherness. Race also makes racism visible and is thus our best weapon against it.
by Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.
This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the...
by Erika Balsom, Kenneth Berger, Susie Bright
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us...
The Rabbit Hole
Weird Stories, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs...
by Lee B. Smith, Rod T. Mitchell, Iain J. McEwan
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This volume provides a brief résumé of the history of testosterone research, from the early pioneers through to the most recent advances in the field. We discover how steroid hormones were first identified and how testosterone was shown to be essential for male development. Moving forward we explore...
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