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America
Jean Baudrillard
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Description for America
Paperback. New edition of this classic study of the US, with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night-"a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity"-Baudrillard mixes aperçus and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates our world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continued resonance of Baudrillard's America.
From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night-"a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity"-Baudrillard mixes aperçus and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates our world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continued resonance of Baudrillard's America.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844676828
SKU
V9781844676828
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99-15
About Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007.
Reviews for America
Occasionally provocative and almost always infuriating ... America is filled with perceptive, almost poetic observations.
Rolling Stone
Since de Tocqueville, French thinkers have been fascinated with America. But when it comes to mysterious paradoxes and lyrical complexity no French intellectual matches Jean Baudrillard in contemplating the New World.
The New York Times
A mixture of crazy ... Read more
Rolling Stone
Since de Tocqueville, French thinkers have been fascinated with America. But when it comes to mysterious paradoxes and lyrical complexity no French intellectual matches Jean Baudrillard in contemplating the New World.
The New York Times
A mixture of crazy ... Read more