Apocalypse postponed / Umberto Eco ; edited by Robert Lumley.
Apocalypse postponed / Umberto Eco ; edited by Robert Lumley.
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; London : British Film Institute, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N306/127
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English
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vii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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1. Phenomena of This Sort Must Also be Included In Any Panorama of Italian Design. 2. A Dollar for a Deputy: La Cicciolina. 3. For Grace Received. 4. The Italian Genius Industry.
Introduction / Robert Lumley -- Pt. 1. Mass Culture: Apocalypse Postponed. 1. Apocalyptic and Integrated Intellectuals: Mass communications and theories of mass culture. 2. The World of Charlie Brown. 3. Reactions of Apocalyptic and Integrated Intellectuals: Then (1964). 4. Reactions of the Author:...
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; London : British Film Institute, 1994.
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Indiana
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1994.
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An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. The discussion is framed by opposing characterizations of current intellectuals as apocalyptic and opposed to all mass culture, or as integrated intellectuals, so much a...
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Apocalypse postponed / Umberto Eco ; edited by Robert Lumley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306/127
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0253318513
9780851704463 (pbk.)
0851704468 (pbk.)
9780253318510 (U.S. : cloth)
0253318513 (U.S. : cloth)
9780851704180 (cloth)
0851704182 (cloth)
9780253318510
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306
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991022096839702626
