Hyperreality and Global Culture

ISBN-13: 9780415105156 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str.

Nicholas Perry

Opis

This text explores a world where the boundaries between reality and representation have become blurred, a world where fictional dramas on TV are used as teaching aids, or where a company promotes itself by advertising an imaginary product.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Antipodean Camp; Chapter 2 Am I Rite? Or Am I Write? Or Am I Right?; Chapter 3 Post-Pictures And Ec(H)O Effects; Chapter 4 On First Buying Into Munich's Bmw 325iA; Chapter 5 The Emporium Of Signs; Chapter 6 Indecent Exposures; Chapter 7 Dead Men and New Shoes; Chapter 8 Travelling Theory/Nomadic Theorizing;

O autorze

Nick Perry is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland. Recent publications include The Dominion of Signs (1994).