journal of visual culture is essential reading for academics, researchers and students engaged with the visual within the fields and disciplines of: · film, media and television studies · art, design, fashion and architecture history ·visual culture ·cultural studies and critical theory · gender studies and queer studies · ethnic studies and critical race studies·philosophy and aesthetics ·photography, new media and electronic imaging ·critical sociology ·history ·geography/urban studies ·comparative literature and romance languages ·the history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine