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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460175303321

Autore

Odih Pamela

Titolo

Visual media and culture of 'occupy' / / by Pamela Odih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-7006-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Disciplina

339.20973

Soggetti

Occupy movement

Occupy movement - Press coverage - England - London

Protest movements - Press coverage - England - London

Public opinion - Press coverage - England - London

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE - ALEATORY MATERIALISM AND THE AESTHETICS OF OCCUPY LSX; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART TWO - MEDIA TECHNO-CULTURES AND THE AESTHETICS OF OCCUPY LSX; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONCLUSION; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

On 15th October 2011, hundreds of anti-capitalist protestors assembled into a spectacular carnivalesque procession towards Paternoster Square; the heartland of London's banking district. Beginning with Althusser's concept of 'interpellation', this book examines Occupy LSX St Paul's Cathedral in relation to media spectacle. Initially focusing on arrival narratives, it asks the question: were the 15th October 2011 anti-capitalist protestors 'hailed' into becoming the subjects of Occupy LSX St P...