All Consuming Images The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture

Name: All Consuming Images The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture
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ISBN: 9780465001019

ISBN-10: 0465001017

ISBN-13: 9780465001019

Edition: 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Stuart Ewen

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Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 3/20/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.94" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction to the New Edition


Introduction: Shoes for Thought



In the Eye's Mind



"... Images Without Bottom ..."



Goods and Surfaces


Skinners of the Visible World


Style and Social Mobility


The Triumph of the Superficial


Pictures of Refinement



The Marriage Between Art and Commerce


Integrated Visions


Consumer Engineering


Image and Desire



Image and Identity



Chosen People


Marks of Distinction


First Impressions



"The Dream of Wholeness"


Defining Personhood


Pathways of Fulfillment: Photography and Celebrity


The Decoration of Independence



Image and Power in a Changing World



Varnished Barbarism


The Look of History


The Look of the Future



Mechanical Sentiments



The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture



Form Follows Value


Roma, 1948


The Vaporization of Values


Less is More


The Body Politic



Form Follows Power


Hard Bodies


Regulating Lines


The Aura of Technical Perfection


The Greening of Panopticism



Form Follows Waste


Conspicuous Consumption


Dynamic Obsolescence


Merchandise and Memory


Conclusion: The Political Elements of Style


Notes


Bibliography


Index