Visibility in Social Theory and Social Research - Couverture souple

Brighenti, A. Mubi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 134931675X ISBN 13 : 9781349316755

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

What is social visibility? How does it affect people and public issues? How are visibility regimes created, organised and contested? Tackling both social theory and social research, this book provides an exploration into how intervisibilities produce crucial sociotechnical and biopolitical effects. It elaborates the concept of visibility as a general category for social theory and social research. The issue of the visibility and intervisibility of social events, subjects and sites proves relevant to a wide range of disciplines including sociology, cultural and media studies, political science, urban studies, criminology, identity studies, and science and technology studies.  However, to date no comprehensive reflection on the topic of visibility as a distinct category ranking it as a basic sociological category has been attempted: this book fills that gap.

Biographie de l'auteur :

ANDREA MUBI BRIGHENTI is Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy. He researches both empirically and theoretically into space, visibility and society. He is the author of Territori Migranti (Migrant Territories. Space and Control of Global Mobility) and editor of the collection The Wall and the City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 134931675X
• ISBN 13: 9781349316755
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224