256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Cultural Rights aims to combine sociology of culture and cultural studies approaches to provide an innovative interpretation of contemporary culture. It develops Walter Benjamin's arguments on the effects of mechanical reproduction by seeing what has happened to originality and authenticity in postmodern culture. One aspect of this culture is that reproduction and simulation have become listless,... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION Part I Regimes of rights 2 FROM REPETITION TO REPLICATION 3 REPLICATION, NOVELTY AND REACTIVATION 4 BRANDING, TRADEMARK AND THE VIRTUAL AUDIENCE Part II Technologies of reproduction 5 MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION: PRINT, LITERACY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE 6 ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION: BROADCASTING, WATCHING AND PUBLIC SERVICE 7 MICRO-ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION: COMMUNICATION, THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AND USERS 8 TECHNOLOGIES OF CULTURE AND GENDER 9 SIMULATION, GENDER AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
Biography
Celia Lury lectures in Women’s Studies and Cultural Studies in the sociology department of Lancaster University.
