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Visual Culture

Visual culture is an interdisciplinary field of study that analyzes visual images and artifacts as central to how meaning, power, and identity are constructed and interpreted within culture.

8.7K

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437K

Citations

10K

Authors

2.1K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

1.3K

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Publications

8.7K

Reading images: the grammar of visual design

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 8.8K citations

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The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature

Tom Huhn, Pierre Bourdıeu, Randal Johnson · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1996 · 4.7K citations

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Techniques of the observer: on vision and modernity in the nineteenth century

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 3K citations

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Against Race: Imagining Political Culture beyond the Color Line

Stanley Aronowitz, Paul Gilroy · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2001 · 2.3K citations

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Design: Cultural probes

T. C. Dunne, Elena Pacenti · interactions · 1999 · 2.3K citations

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Authors

10K

  1. PD
    Paul Duncum

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    23 publications · 1.5K citations

    20

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  2. KF
    Kerry Freedman

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    12 publications · 887 citations

    12

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  3. KT
    Kevin Tavin

    The Ohio State University, United States

    14 publications · 566 citations

    12

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  4. WJ
    William J. Mitchell

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    13 publications · 1.8K citations

    12

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  5. GA
    Giorgia Aiello

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 693 citations

    10

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Institutions

2.1K

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    25 h-index

    57 publications

    3.1K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    39 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    23 h-index

    49 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    21 h-index

    32 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    21 h-index

    29 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    36 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    26 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    33 publications

    2K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 822 publications · 86.4K citations

    135

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  2. Studies in Art Education

    149 publications · 6.8K citations

    44

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  3. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    93 publications · 13.5K citations

    44

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 70 publications · 5.9K citations

    37

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  5. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    48 publications · 6K citations

    31

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See also

Visual Culture

Core Theories

Analytic Methods

Key Themes

Media Forms

Historical Traditions