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Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
Jean Baudrillard
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Paperback. Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body. Translator(s): Glaser, Sheila. Series: The Body in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernism.The publication of Simulacra et Simulation in 1981 marked Jean Baudrillard's first important step toward theorizing the postmodern. Moving away from the Marxist/Freudian approaches that had concerned him earlier, Baudrillard developed in this book a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. Baudrillard uses the concepts of the simulacra - the copy without an original - and simulation. These terms are crucial to an understanding of the postmodern, to the extent that they address the concept of mass ... Read more
The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernism.The publication of Simulacra et Simulation in 1981 marked Jean Baudrillard's first important step toward theorizing the postmodern. Moving away from the Marxist/Freudian approaches that had concerned him earlier, Baudrillard developed in this book a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. Baudrillard uses the concepts of the simulacra - the copy without an original - and simulation. These terms are crucial to an understanding of the postmodern, to the extent that they address the concept of mass ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Series
The Body in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472065219
SKU
V9780472065219
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About Jean Baudrillard
Sheila Glaser is an editor at Artforum magazine.
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