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The Culture of the Copy: Striking Likenesses, U, Schwartz+=
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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 2014-02-11
- ISBN
- 9781935408451
- EAN
- 9781935408451
- Book Title
- Culture of the Copy : Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Psychology, History, Social Science, Philosophy
- Topic
- Social History, General, Popular Culture, Aesthetics, Imaging Systems
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 25.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 472 Pages
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A novel attempt to make sense of our preoccupation with copies of all kinds--from counterfeits to instant replay, from parrots to photocopies. The Culture of the Copy is a novel attempt to make sense of the Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. In a work that is breathtaking in its synthetic and critical achievements, Hillel Schwartz charts the repercussions of our entanglement with copies of all kinds, whose presence alternately sustains and overwhelms us. This updated edition takes notice of recent shifts in thought with regard to such issues as biological cloning, conjoined twins, copyright, digital reproduction, and multiple personality disorder. At once abbreviated and refined, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Through intriguing, and at times humorous, historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates a stunning array of simulacra: counterfeits, decoys, mannequins, and portraits; ditto marks, genetic cloning, war games, and camouflage; instant replays, digital imaging, parrots, and photocopies; wax museums, apes, and art forgeries--not to mention the very notion of the Real McCoy. Working through a range of theories on biological, mechanical, and electronic reproduction, Schwartz questions the modern esteem for authenticity and uniqueness. The Culture of the Copy shows how the ethical dilemmas central to so many fields of endeavor have become inseparable from our pursuit of copies--of the natural world, of our own creations, indeed of our very selves. The book is an innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection, of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality. Praise for the first edition " T]he author... brings his considerable synthetic powers to bear on our uneasy preoccupation with doubles, likenesses, facsimiles, replicas and re-enactments. I doubt that these cultural phenomena have ever been more comprehensively or more creatively chronicled.... A] book that gets you to see the world anew, again."-- The New York Times "A sprightly and disconcerting piece of cultural history"-- Terence Hawkes , London Review of Books "In The Culture of the Copy, Schwartz] has written the perfect book: original and repetitive at once."-- Todd Gitlin , Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Publisher
Zone Books
ISBN-10
1935408453
ISBN-13
9781935408451
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175221164
Product Key Features
Book Title
Culture of the Copy : Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Social History, General, Popular Culture, Aesthetics, Imaging Systems
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Psychology, History, Social Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bf637.D65
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
In The Culture of the Copy , [Schwartz] has written the perfect book: original and repetitive at once., The author . . . brings his considerable synthetic powers to bear on our uneasy preoccupation with doubles, likenesses, facsimiles, replicas and re-enactments. I doubt that these cultural phenomena have ever been more comprehensively or more creatively chronicled . . . . A book that gets you to see the world anew, again.
Copyright Date
1996
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2013-478007
Dewey Decimal
306
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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