1st Edition

Hyperreality and Global Culture

By Nicholas Perry Copyright 1998
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality and representation have become blurred, a world where LA Law is used to train lawyers. Drawing on examples from around the globe, Nick Perry presents a fascinating and entertaining analysis of both familiar objects and situations as well as the more unusual and absurd. Meals served in British pubs, motor-cycle gangs in downtown... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Antipodean Camp; Chapter 2 Am I Rite? Or Am I Write? Or Am I Right?; Chapter 3 Post-Pictures And Ec(H)O Effects; Chapter 4 On First Buying Into Munich's Bmw 325iA; Chapter 5 The Emporium Of Signs; Chapter 6 Indecent Exposures; Chapter 7 Dead Men and New Shoes; Chapter 8 Travelling Theory/Nomadic Theorizing;

Biography

Nick Perry is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland. Recent publications include The Dominion of Signs (1994).