But often, the image's revelation of a "way of seeing" is overshadowed by a series of assumptions that we are taught to make when appraising a piece of art. This testimonial value makes images extremely powerful. Images, more so than any other relics from the past, offer a direct testimony as to how people saw-and, by extension, understood-the world. Images can preserve things as they once were, and simultaneously, preserve how their creator once saw their subject. In this sense, every image embodies what Berger calls "a way of seeing": a record of how its creator saw the world. To do so is to create an image: "an image is a sight which has been recreated or reproduced." In so doing, we remove the image from the original circumstances under which it was seen. Likewise, we can attempt to capture what we see, reproducing or recreating it for others so that they can try to understand how we perceive the world. Our understanding of what we see doesn't generally align with the objective facts of what we're seeing: for example, we see the sun set every night, while we know that it isn't really "setting," but rather, the earth is simply revolving away from it. Thus begins Ways of Seeing, drawing our attention to the fraught relationship between vision, images, words, and meaning. Perception is an ongoing reality-we are always taking in the world, and only after the fact do we name it. When we inhabit the world, we are constantly seeing.
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Henry is willing to do anything to be with her, but once they’re together, will their romance destroy them both? His mother, his friends, and even his girlfriend warn him away, but his desire for Anne consumes him. Wild, brash, and outspoken, Anne is everything Henry isn’t allowed to be-or want. And now he’s trapped: forbidden from pursuing a life as an artist or dating any girl who isn’t Tudor-approved. But ever since the death of his brother, the pressure for Henry to be perfect has doubled. Henry Tudor’s life has been mapped out since the day he was born: student body president, valedictorian, Harvard Law School, and a stunning political career just like his father’s. In this wonderfully “clever and compelling” ( Kirkus Reviews) retelling of the infamous-and torrid-love affair between Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, history collides with the present when a sizzling romance ignites in a modern-day high school. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from the California subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelling the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast Food Nation - the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats - and spent nearly four months on the New York Times bestseller list - now available on cassette!Īre we what we eat? 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