Modern Enchantments

Klappentext Magic! During suggests! has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition! During's superlative work! written over the course of a decade! gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. How can the most ordinary arts--and by "magic!" During means not the supernatural! but the special effects and conjurings of magic shows--affect people? Zusammenfassung Magic, During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, During's work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. How can the most ordinary arts—and by “magic,” During means not the supernatural, but the special effects and conjurings of magic shows—affect people?

Product details

• Authors: Simon During, During Simon
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2004
• EAN: 9780674013711
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01371-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Other performing arts, Sociology & anthropology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General