LEADER 02411nam 22005053u 450 001 9910462570203321 005 20210112001450.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326183 035 $a(EBL)200118 035 $a(OCoLC)826853507 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200118 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326183 100 $a20130418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aLoving Big Brother$b[electronic resource] $eSurveillance Culture and Performance Space 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-27537-7 327 $aFront Cover; Loving Big Brother; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: thinking surveillance; 1. An ideology of crime; 2. Perverting privacy; 3. Accidental death; 4. Dimensions, doubles and data: producing surveillance space; 5. Staging the spectator; 6. Encountering surveillance; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn Loving Big Brother the author tackles head on the overstated claims of the crime-prevention and anti-terrorism lobbies. But he also argues that we desire and enjoy surveillance, and that, if we can understand why this is, we may transform the effect it has on our lives. This book looks at a wide range of performance and visual artists, at popular TV shows and movies, and at our day-to-day encounters with surveillance, rooting its arguments in an accessible reading of cultural theory.Constant scrutiny by surveillance cameras is usually seen as - at best - an invasion of pr 606 $aElectronic surveillance - Social aspects 606 $aElectronic surveillance 606 $aPerformance art 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aReality television programs 606 $aTechnology and the arts 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aElectronic surveillance - Social aspects. 615 4$aElectronic surveillance. 615 4$aPerformance art. 615 4$aPopular culture. 615 4$aReality television programs. 615 4$aTechnology and the arts. 676 $a306.4 676 $a306.48 700 $aMcGrath$b John$0702949 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462570203321 996 $aLoving Big Brother$92200919 997 $aUNINA