1 option
Global culture industry : the mediation of things / Scott Lash and Celia Lury.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lash, Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--Symbolic aspects.
- Clothing and dress.
- Brand name products--Social aspects.
- Brand name products.
- Globalization.
- Capitalism.
- Popular culture--Philosophy.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 240 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2007.
- Summary:
- In the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the 'culture industry? For Adorno, culture - along with the products of factory labour - was increasingly becoming a commodity. Now, in what they call the 'global culture industry', Scott Lash and Celia Lury argue that Adorno's worst nightmares have come true. Their new book tells the compelling story of how material objects such as watches and sportswear have become powerful cultural symbols, and how the production of symbols, in the form of globally recognized brands, has now become a central goal of capitalism. Global Culture Industry provides an empirically and theoretically rich examination of the ways in which these objects - from Nike shoes to Toy Story, from global football to conceptual art - metamorphose and move across national borders. This book is set to become a 'dialectic of enlightenment' for the age of globalization. lt will be essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Theory - Some Signposts 1
- 2 Method: Ontology, Movement, Mapping 16
- 3 Football Biography: Branding the Event 39
- 4 Art as Concept/Art as Media/Art as Life 65
- 5 The Thingification of Media: Animism and Animation 85
- 6 The Mediation of Things: In Medias Res 109
- 7 Flow: The Practices and Properties of Circulation 135
- 8 Culture Industry in Brazil: Image, Market, Display 153
- 9 Conclusion: Virtual Objects and the Social Imaginary 181.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780745624822
- 0745624820
- 0745624839
- 9780745624839
- OCLC:
- 70881894
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.