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Culture of the Copy : Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles by Hillel Schwartz (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherZONE Books
ISBN-100942299361
ISBN-139780942299366
eBay Product ID (ePID)303512
Product Key Features
Number of Pages568 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCulture of the Copy : Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles
SubjectGeneral, Imaging Systems, Siblings
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorHillel Schwartz
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Philosophy, Technology & Engineering
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight32.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"If God is in the details, then this book is surely divine or, at least, demonic. Siamese twins and doppelgangers, parrots and apes, decoys and mannequins, robots and clones, impostors and pretenders are but a few of the stops on this dizzying and dazzling tour de force of every conceivable trompe l'oeil." -Francis Kane, New York Times Book Review
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306
SynopsisA stunning, innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection that will fascinate anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality., A stunning, innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection that will fascinate anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality.The Culture of the Copy is an unprecedented attempt to make sense of our Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. In a work that is breathtaking in both 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.Through intriguing, and at times humorous, historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates most varieties of simulacra, including counterfeits, decoys, mannequins, ditto marks, portraits, genetic cloning, war games, camouflage, instant replays, digital imaging, parrots, photocopies, wax museums, apes, art forgeries, not to mention the very notion of the Real McCoy.At the same time Schwartz works through a range of modernist, feminist, and postmodern theories about copies and mechanical reproduction, posing the following compelling question: How is it that the ethical dilemmas at the heart of so many fields of endeavor have become inseparable from our pursuit of copies--of the natural world, or our own creations, indeed our very selves?The Culture of the Copy is a stunning, innovative blend of microsociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection that will fascinate anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality.
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