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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807759303321

Titolo

The Politics of everyday fear / / Brian Massumi, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993

ISBN

0-8166-8472-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MassumiBrian

Disciplina

809/.93353

Soggetti

Fear in literature

Popular literature - History and criticism

Horror in mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-325) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Buying and being at the border -- pt. 2. Mutations of domination -- pt. 3. Dominations of mutation -- pt. 4. The traffic in morbidity -- pt. 5. Buying and being at the edge -- pt. 6. Screening : home and nation.

Sommario/riassunto

The contemporary consumer is bombarded with fear-inducing images and information. This media shower of imagery is equalled only by the sheer quantity of fear-assuaging products offered for our consumption. The contributors address questions raised by the saturation of social space by capitalized fear.