00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-8027295163992877003 Buklod 20250114164912.0 m |o d | ta 240920s1993 xxk a r 001 u|eng d 0415057191 (pbk) 0415057183 UP DMC DCFA rda eng PN 1995.9 H55 D94 1993 Dyer, Richard author The matter of images essays on representations Richard Dyer. London Routledge ©1993 ix, 172 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index 'How we are seen determines in part how we are treated; how we treat other is based on how we see them; such seeing comes from representation.' The matter of images searches through the resonances of the term 'representation' analysing images in terms of why they matter, what they are made of and the material realities they refer to. Richard Dyer's analyses move from considerations of strongly negative representations pf 'out' groups to representations of dominant groups in society - men, heterosexuals, whites. His discussion encompasses the eclectic texts of contemporary culture, from royalty to queens and dykes, politically correct labels, representation of Empireand films such as Gilda, Papillon and Night of the living dead. Much has been written about images in society. The matter of images is distinctive in its commitment to writing politically about contemporary culture, while insisting on the importance of understanding the formal qualities and complexity of the images it investigates. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Motion pictures Social aspects. Stereotype (Psychology) in mass media. FO UPD DCFA PN 1995.9 H55 D94 1993 Book