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The primacy of words over images has deep roots in Western culture. But what if the two are inextricably linked, equal partners in meaning-making? Written and drawn entirely as comics, Unflattening is an experiment in visual thinking. Nick Sousanis defies conventional forms of scholarly discourse to offer readers both a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. Unflattening is an insurrection against the fixed viewpoint. Weaving together diverse ways of seeing drawn…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2015Harvard University Press · 193 pages · 9780674744431
- Other · English · 2015Harvard University Press · 208 pages · 9780674425620
- Other · English · 2015Harvard University Press · 9780674272217
MethodologyTheory of KnowledgeCommunicationVisual perceptionImagery (Psychology)Comic books, stripsComics & graphic novels, generalGraphic novels