Culture control critique allegories of reading the present / Frida Beckman.
| Author/creator | Beckman, Frida |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Culture, control, critique. Cultural critique from the Frankfurt School until today -- Formalism, allegory, totality. Allegory and representation -- Allegory and the present -- Space, allegory, control. Spatial preoccupations -- Celebrating ruins: The drowned world, The drought, The crystal world -- Filling the gaps: Crash, Concrete island, High rise -- Coming into allegory: Cocaine nights, Super-Cannes, Millennium people, Kingdom come -- Totalities, allegories and revolutions -- Cultural critique and form -- Time, allegory, control. Timely preoccupations -- In and out of time: "Chronopolis" and in time -- Cultural critique and form -- Vision, allegory, control. Visual preoccupations -- bread and circuses: The hunger games -- Cultural critique and form -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Beckman, Frida, author. Culture control critique London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016 9781783488001 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016008546 |
| ISBN | 9781783488025 (electronic) |
| ISBN | (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |