The Power and Politics of the Aesthetic in American Culture
While the ubiquity of the aesthetic in contemporary society can hardly be denied, the reasons for the staggering aestheticizing of private and social practices are manifold and have recently been subject to controversial debates within the humanities. Arguably, postmodern consumer culture, new hedonistic lifestyles, or the spectacularization of the political sphere are just another form of Americanization, yet the specific 'American' dimension of these phenomena often remains blurry. As the essays collected here show, to simply conflate the aestheticization of everyday life with an American consumerist ideology predicated on packaging and sur…
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Weitere Autoren: Haselstein, Ulla (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-8253-5336-0
- EAN: 9783825353360
- Produktnummer: 3118163
- Verlag: Universitätsvlg. Winter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 127 S.
- Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.4 cm x D1.4 cm 360 g
- Abbildungen: GB; 11 farbige Abbildungen
- Reihenbandnummer: 07
- Gewicht: 360
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