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- catalog abstract ""The Culture of the Copy is an unprecedented attempt to make sense of the Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. Hillel Schwartz charts the repercussions of our entanglement with copies of all kinds, whose presence alternately sustains and overwhelms us. Through intriguing, and at time humorous, historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates a stunning array of simulacra - counterfeits, decoys, mannequins, and portraits; ditto marks, genetic cloning, war games, and camouflage; instant replays, digital imaging, parrots, and photocopies; wax museums, apes, and art forgeries, not to mention the very notion of the Real McCoy. His examination of a wide range of modernist, feminist, and postmodern theories about replication and mechanical reproduction culminates with the following compelling question: How have the ethical dilemmas central to so many fields of endeavor become inseparable from the pursuit of copies - of the natural world, or our own creations, indeed of our very selves? This book is an innovative blend of micro-sociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9652346.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""The Culture of the Copy is an unprecedented attempt to make sense of the Western fascination with replicas, duplicates, and twins. Hillel Schwartz charts the repercussions of our entanglement with copies of all kinds, whose presence alternately sustains and overwhelms us. Through intriguing, and at time humorous, historical analysis and case studies in contemporary culture, Schwartz investigates a stunning array of simulacra - counterfeits, decoys, mannequins, and portraits; ditto marks, genetic cloning, war games, and camouflage; instant replays, digital imaging, parrots, and photocopies; wax museums, apes, and art forgeries, not to mention the very notion of the Real McCoy. His examination of a wide range of modernist, feminist, and postmodern theories about replication and mechanical reproduction culminates with the following compelling question: How have the ethical dilemmas central to so many fields of endeavor become inseparable from the pursuit of copies - of the natural world, or our own creations, indeed of our very selves? This book is an innovative blend of micro-sociology, cultural history, and philosophical reflection of interest to anyone concerned with problems of authenticity, identity, and originality."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "565 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Culture of the copy.".
- catalog identifier "0942299353 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Culture of the copy.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Zone Books,".
- catalog relation "Culture of the copy.".
- catalog subject "128 20".
- catalog subject "Authenticity (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "BF637.D65 S38 1996".
- catalog subject "Copying History.".
- catalog subject "Copying Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Copying processes History.".
- catalog subject "Doppelgängers.".
- catalog subject "Impersonation.".
- catalog subject "Impostor phenomenon.".
- catalog subject "Twins Mythology.".
- catalog subject "Twins Psychology.".
- catalog title "The culture of the copy : striking likenesses, unreasonable facsimiles / Hillel Schwartz.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".