All Consuming Images The Politics Of Style In

A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives.

Stewart Ewen is professor of media studies and chair of the Department of Communications at Hunter College. He is also a professor in the Ph.D. programs in history and sociology at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of the acclaimed Captains of Consciousness, Channels of Desire, and All Consuming Images, the last of which provided the basis for Bill Moyers’s award-winning PBS series The Public Mind. He lives in New York City.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction to the New Edition

xv

Introduction: Shoes for Thought

1

(12)

1 In the Eye's Mind

``... Images Without Bottom...''

13

(11)

Goods and Surfaces

24

(17)

Skinners of the Visible World

24

(2)

Style and Social Mobility

26

(6)

The Triumph of the Superficial

32

(5)

Pictures of Refinement

37

(4)

The Marriage Between Art and Commerce

41

(16)

Integrated Visions

41

(2)

Consumer Engineering

43

(4)

Image and Desire

47

(10)

2 Image and Identity

Chosen People

57

(21)

Marks of Distinction

57

(14)

First Impressions

71

(7)

``The Dream of Wholeness''

78

(33)

Defining Personhood

78

(7)

Pathways of Fulfillment: Photography and Celebrity

85

(16)

The Decoration of Independence

101

(10)

3 Image and Power in a Changing World

Varnished Barbarism

111

(24)

The Look of History

111

(9)

The Look of the Future

120

(15)

Mechanical Sentiments

135

(18)

4 The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture

Form Follows Value

153

(32)

Roma, 1948

153

(4)

The Vaporization of Values

157

(4)

Less is More

161

(15)

The Body Politic

176

(9)

Form Follows Power

185

(48)

Hard Bodies

185

(14)

Regulating Lines

199

(10)

The Aura of Technical Perfection

209

(8)

The Greening of Panopticism

217

(16)

Form Follows Waste

233

(26)

Conspicuous Consumption

233

(6)

Dynamic Obsolescence

239

(7)

Merchandise and Memory

246

(13)

Conclusion The Political Elements of Style

259

(13)

Notes

272

(15)

Bibliography

287

(10)

Index

297

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All Consuming Images The Politics Of Style In Contemporary Culture

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