1st Edition
Fictions of Collective Life Public drama in late modern culture
By David Chaney
Copyright 1993
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1993, Fictions of Collective Life argues that the distinctive forms of modern popular culture can only be understood through the ways we dramatize public life, and that in the dramatic ‘fiction’ of collective experience we represent the terms of social order. The argument is richly illustrated with chapters on the theoretical character of performance in modernity; photography... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Spectacular Society/ Society of Spectacle 2. Dramatising Change: Theatricality and Spectacle in Nineteenth Century Britain 3. Photographic Pictures 4. Discourses of Public Life 5. Marketing Culture 6. Conclusion: Popular and Culture References Name index Subject index
Biography
David Chaney
