You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine
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| Autore: |
Kleeman Alexandra
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| Titolo: |
You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine
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| Pubblicazione: | HarperCollins UK |
| Disciplina: | 813/.6 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | PrunerKelly |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A dry, funny and furiously intelligent fusion of postmodern dystopia, pop culture satire, and philosophical investigation âÂeÂ" into identity, consumption, surface, bodies and satisfactionA woman known only as A lives with her roommate B, who seems to be becoming more and more like her. AâÂeÂ(tm)s boyfriend, C, comes over frequently to sit on the sofa and watch TV. Their favourites are the reality TV show âÂeÂ~ThatâÂeÂ(tm)s My Partner!âÂeÂ(tm), in which couples attempt to identify their partner from a line of decoys, and the adverts for Kandy Kakes, which feature the colourful exploits of a cartoon character called âÂeÂ~Kandy KatâÂeÂ(tm).Out in the real world, away from the glow of the TV, fathers have been disappearing from comfortable, middle-class families. Then across the street from AâÂeÂ(tm)s house, a whole family up and leave one morning, covered in sheets, with holes cut out for the eyesâÂe |
| Titolo autorizzato: | You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine |
| ISBN: | 0-00-821086-1 |
| Formato: | Musica  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910160689903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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