Prosthetic Culture

AvCelia Lury

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

In a fascinating account of how technology is altering our consciousness, Celia Lury shows how the manipulation of photographic images and ways of seeing can so redefine the relation between consciousness, the body and memory as to create a 'prosthetic culture' whose capacities both extend and threaten our humanity.We live in a society in which some memories can be falsely implanted in the individual while others are stored in video archives of images, in which the powers of cartoon superheroes break through the limitations of time and space. Using the examples of photo-therapy, family albums, Benetton advertising campaigns, the phenomenon of false memory syndrome and the 'lives' of cartoon characters this book argues that the 'eyes' made available by contemporary visual technologies involve not simply specific ways of seeing, but also ways of life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-04
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:630 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Library of Sociology
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415102933

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Celia Lury is a Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 IDENTITY AND PROSTHETIC CULTURE; Chapter 2 THE EXPERIMENTAL INDIVIDUAL; Chapter 3 THE FAMILY OF MAN; Chapter 4 BECOME WHAT YOU ARE; Chapter 5 REMEMBER ME; Chapter 6 SEEING YOU, SEEING ME, SEEING PHOTOGRAPHICALLY; Chapter 7 MOVEMENT AND THE BODY OF PHOTOGRAPHY; Chapter 8 HUMANS, NON-HUMANS AND HEROES; Chapter 9 THE ETHICS OF SEEING PHOTOGRAPHICALLY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;