Sensible Politics: The Visual Culture of Nongovernmental Politics

by Yates McKee

The interaction of politics and the visual in the activities of nongovernmental activists.

Political acts are encoded in medial forms--punch holes on a card, images on a live stream, tweets about events unfolding in real time--that have force, shaping people as subjects and forming the contours of what is sensible, legible, and visible. In doing so they define the terms of political possibility and create terrain for political acts.

Sensible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935408240
• ISBN13: 9781935408246
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 664 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher