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Dismantlings : words against machines in the American long seventies / Matt Tierney.
Van Pelt Library E169.12 .T557 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tierney, Matt, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Technology.
- Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Radicalism.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Technology in literature.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 220 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "A counter-lexicon for theorizing technology in our digital present, Dismantlings recovers critical keywords from radical literary and activist writing of the Long Seventies in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : for the sake of survival
- Luddism
- Communion
- Cyberculture
- Distortion
- Revolutionary suicide
- Liberation technology
- Thanatopography
- Conclusion : American carnage and technologies of tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tierney, Matt, 1976- Dismantlings.
- ISBN:
- 9781501746413
- 1501746413
- OCLC:
- 1090850892
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