LEADER 02989nam 2200577 450 001 9910813842703321 005 20230803035906.0 010 $a1-4438-6634-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000230393 035 $a(EBL)1780273 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001410069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11800131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001410069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11374325 035 $a(PQKB)11355711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1780273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1780273 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10928496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL640989 035 $a(OCoLC)890530265 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000230393 100 $a20140916h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEsthetic experiments $einterdisciplinary challenges in American studies /$fedited by Edyta Just and Marek M. Wojtaszek ; typeset by Marta Kotwas ; contributors, Anna Bendrat [and eleven others] 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, England :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (198 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-09738-0 311 $a1-4438-4464-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION - ESTHETIC EXPERIMENTS; CHAPTER ONE - TECHNOLOGY AND ITS DISCONTENTS; CHAPTER TWO - IN THE LAND OF GHOST-SIGNS, OR WILLIAM GIBSON''S SPOOK COUNTRY; CHAPTER THREE - MILITARY MEMOIRS AND MASCULINITY; CHAPTER FOUR - HUMANE SOLDIERS; CHAPTER FIVE - DIFFERENT FEMINIST APPROACHES TO REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CHAPTER SIX - THE CENTRIFUGAL AGE; CHAPTER SEVEN - PRESIDENT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD; CHAPTER EIGHT - SIMPLETON AS A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN JE-NE-SAIS-QUOI, OR A QUASI-NATIONAL ICON; CHAPTER NINE - MEN, WOMEN AND FAME; CHAPTER TEN - PANTOPIA OF TRANSFERENCE 327 $aCHAPTER ELEVEN - MULTICULTURALISM OF AMERICAN MUSIC AS A BASIS OF THE NATIONAL COMPOSERS'' SCHOOLCONTRIBUTORS; INDEX 330 $aContemporary American landscape is wrought with ongoing processes and phenomena of technicization observable at the intersections of multiple layers of society. This book brings to attention their cultural and political aspects, emphasizing timeliness and necessity of academic intervention into, and evaluation of, their specificity and ramifications. Presenting critical and analytical account of cultural narratives which define, speak of, and use diverse technologies (of writing, sound, media... 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1970- 676 $a973.92 702 $aJust$b Edyta 702 $aWojtaszek$b Marek M. 702 $aKotwas$b Marta 702 $aBendrat$b Anna 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813842703321 996 $aEsthetic experiments$93920399 997 $aUNINA