Exploring the modern : patterns of western culture and civilization / John Jervis.
Exploring the modern : patterns of western culture and civilization / John Jervis.
Exploring the modern : patterns of western culture and civilization / John Jervis.
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Publisher
Malden, Ma. : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N909.09821/16
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Language
English
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Physical content
[vii], 360 p., [2] p. of plates ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The Modern Self. 1. The Theatrical Self: Social Drama and Personal Identity. 2. Subjects and Citizens: The Politics of Everyday Life. 3. Street People: The City as Experience, Dream and Nightmare. 4. The Consolations of Consumerism. 5. 'We Are Born Naked - Everything Else Is Drag': Clothing t...
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Publisher
Malden, Ma. : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
This book provides the most wide-ranging account yet of the cultural and social dimensions of modernity as they have developed over the past two centuries or so. Synthesizing and reinterpreting the mass of recent research on city life, consumerism, fashion, technology, surveillance and social control, popular culture and the media, and the signific...
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Exploring the modern : patterns of western culture and civilization / John Jervis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N909.09821/16
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74VvNeJyW5PX
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0631196226 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780631196211 (alk. paper)
0631196218 (alk. paper)
9780631196228 (alk. paper)
0631196226 (alk. paper)
9780631196211 (acid-free paper)
0631196218 (acid-free paper)
9780631196228 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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909.0982108
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991013078769702626
