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Cultures of Obsolescence: History, Materiality, and the Digital Age
Babette B. Tischleder
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Description for Cultures of Obsolescence: History, Materiality, and the Digital Age
Hardcover. Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode. Editor(s): Tischleder, Babette Barbel; Wasserman, Sarah. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode.
Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137470898
SKU
V9781137470898
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About Babette B. Tischleder
Daniel M. Abramson, Tufts University, USA Hanjo Berressem, University of Cologne, Germany Bill Brown, University of Chicago, USA Kathleen Fitzpatrick, New York University, USA John Durham Peters, University of Iowa, USA Jani Scandura, University of Minnesota, USA MaryAnn Snyder-Körber, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany Alexander Starre, Free University of Berlin, Germany Susan Strasser, University of Delaware, Germany William Uricchio, Massachusetts Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Cultures of Obsolescence: History, Materiality, and the Digital Age
"Is planned obsolescence a conceptual paradox? How do we reconcile our era's impatience for the outmoded with our equally strong attachment to fantasies of endurance, be they about things or people? What is the place of the human in an age of obsolescence? This volume addresses these pressing questions and more. Each essay in this collection is a gem, and ... Read more