Aesthetics of Interaction in Digital Art

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Now published in a revised second edition,
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 consider representations of ＆out＊ groups and traditionally dominant groups alike, and encompass the eclectic texts of contemporary culture, from queers to straights, political correctness, representations of Empire and films including
,
and
. Essays new to the second edition discuss Lillian Gish as the ultimate white movie star, the representation of whiteness in the South in
, and society＊s fascination with serial killers.
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.