HyperReality and Global Culture

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-10514-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Social Futures

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perry, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

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;

Über Autor(innen)

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