Retro - The Culture of Revival

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth E. Guffey is Professor of Art and Design History at the State University of New York, Purchase, and founding editor of academic journal Design and Culture. She is the author of Drawing an Elusive Line: The Art and Career of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (2001) and Retro: The Culture of Revival (Reaktion, 2006). She is also vice-president of the Design Studies Forum. Zusammenfassung Fads constantly cycle and recycle through popular culture! each time in a slightly new incarnation. The term retro' has become the buzz word for describing such trends! but what does it mean? This title explores the ambiguous cultural meanings of the term and reveals why some trends just never seem to stay dead.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Guffey, Elizabeth E. Guffey, Guffey Elizabeth, Guffey Elizabeth E.
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• EAN: 9781861892904
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-290-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Foci
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture