Hyperreality and Global Culture

Informationen zum Autor Nick Perry is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland. Recent publications include The Dominion of Signs (1994). Klappentext This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality and representation have become blurred, a world where LA Law is used to train lawyers. Drawing on examples from around the globe, Nick Perry presents a fascinating and entertaining analysis of both familiar objects and situations as well as the more unusual and absurd. Meals served in British pubs, motor-cycle gangs in downtown Tokyo, Australian movies, are just some examples used by the author in his engaging exploration of modern sense of the 'unreal'. Hyperrealities also engages with well known theorists of contemporary culture, from Baudrillard and Umberto Eco to Jameson and Sartre. Zusammenfassung First full length discussion of hyperreality. Perry provides the reader with a full length discussion of the origins of the concept, nuances of meaning and case studies of hyperrealism - European tourism, American telivision etc. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Perry, Perry Nicholas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.1998
• EAN: 9780415105149
• ISBN: 978-0-415-10514-9
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Social Futures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Sociology and anthropology