9780226791593
Hiding
Mark C. Taylor
ISBN 13: 9780226791593
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover
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Nothing defines postmodernism so well as its refusal of depth, its emphasis on appearance and spectacle, and its tendency to collapse a three-dimensional world in which image and reality are distinct into a two-dimensional world in which they merge. Our postmodern world is a world of surfaces and our postmodern condition one of profound superficiality. For Mark C. Taylor, the disappearance of depth we sense all around us is a change full of creative possibility. Taylor introduces us to a popular culture in which detectives - the postmodern heroes of Paul Auster and Dennis Potter - lift surfaces only to find more surfaces, and in which fashion advertising plays transparency against hiding. He looks at the current preoccupation with body piercing and tattooing and asks whether these practices actually reveal or conceal. The limitless spread of computer networks, the history of phrenology, the "religious" architecture of Las Vegas - all are brought within the scope of Taylor's brilliant analysis. Postmodernism, he shows, has given us a new sense of the superficial, one in which the issue is not the absence of meaning but its uncontrollable, ecstatic proliferation. Conceived and developed with designers Michael Rock and Susan Sellers, this work transgresses the boundary that customarily separates graphic design from the story within a text and embodies the very tendencies it analyzes.
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"An exhilarating descent into the centrifuge of postmodern thought, 'Hiding' serves as critique and anodyne, uncharted maze and map for those intrigued by the possibilities of these distinctly interesting times. 'Hiding' draws a number of fascinating observations about the nature of reality in a world where the lines between the real and the simulated have become increasingly blurred."
Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post
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Book Description: The University of Chicago Press, United States, 1998. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 184 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. The age of information, media and virtuality is transforming many aspects of human experience. This is an investigation of the postmodern world which critically examines a wide range of contemporary cultural practices. The postmodern world, Taylor argues, is a world of surfaces, and the postmodern condition is one of "profound superficiality". For many cultural commentators, postmodernism superficiality is a cause for despair. This book, however, shows that the disappearance of depth in postmodern culture is actually a liberation replete with creative possibilities. It examines fashion advertising, and the contemporary preoccupation with body piercing and tattooing, asking whether these practices reveal or conceal. Phrenology and skin diseases, the "religious" architecture of Las Vegas, and the limitless spread of computer networks are all covered in the scope of this study. It attempts to show that postmodernism has provided a new sense of the superficial, one in which the issue is not the absence of meaning, but its uncontrollable, ecstatic proliferation. Bookseller Inventory # AAH9780226791593 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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