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Marco Deseriis - Improper Names - 9780816694860 - V9780816694860
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Improper Names

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Description for Improper Names hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.

Improper Names offers a genealogy and theory of the “improper name,” which author Marco Deseriis defines as the adoption of the same pseudonym by organized collectives, affinity groups, and individual authors. Although such names are often invented to pursue a specific social or political agenda, they are soon appropriated for different and sometimes diverging purposes. This book examines the tension arising from struggles for control of a pseudonym’s symbolic power.

Deseriis provides five fascinating and widely varying case studies. Ned Ludd was the legendary and eponymous leader of the English Luddites, textile workers who threatened the destruction of industrial machinery and ... Read more

After delving into a rich philosophical debate on community among those who have nothing in common, the book concludes with a reflection on how the politics of improper names affects present-day anticapitalist social movements such as Occupy and 15-M.


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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816694860
SKU
V9780816694860
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About Marco Deseriis
Marco Deseriis is assistant professor of media and screen studies at Northeastern University.

Reviews for Improper Names
"Marco Deseriis’s learned and lively account of the improper name carefully considers the history, political reach, and symbolic power afforded by the alias by drawing on a rich set of examples, from Ned Ludd to Anonymous. The book’s optic opens wide to engage a wide range of subjects, from labor history to the politics of art, direct action, and digital ... Read more

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