The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in AmericaKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 9 mai 2012 - 336 pages First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of “pseudo-events”—events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported—and the contemporary definition of celebrity as “a person who is known for his well-knownness.” Since then Daniel J. Boorstin’s prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths. |
Table des matières
From the American Dream to American Illusions? | 239 |
afterword BY Douglas Rushkoºr | 269 |
AcknowledgMENts | 301 |
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America |
| Auteur | Daniel J. Boorstin |
| Édition | réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0307819167, 9780307819161 |
| Longueur | 336 pages |
| Exporter la citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |