Remote : reflections on life in the shadow of celebrity / / David Shields ; foreword by Phillip Lopate

• Autore: Shields David <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, [2004], c1996
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.54; B
• Soggetto topico: Authors, American - 20th century
• Altri autori: LopatePhillip
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Prologue: Life Story -- The Nimbus of Her Fame Makes a Nullity of Us All -- Problems and Solutions to Problems -- Information Sickness -- Life Story -- Life Story -- Radio -- Blood and Guts in High School -- Always -- Almost Famous -- The Nimbus of His Fame Makes a Nullity of Us All -- The Cultural Contradictions of Late Capitalism -- Robert Capa, Misunderstood -- Love Is Not a Consolation -- Desire -- The Nimbus of Their Fame Makes a Nullity of Us All -- The Tradition Is Here, the Memories Are Waiting: Several More Sporting Events in Search of a Sponsor -- Always -- The Confessions -- The Cultural Contradictions of Late Capitalism -- Almost Famous -- The Nimbus of His Fame Makes a Nullity of Us All -- Robert Capa, Misunderstood -- The Nimbus of His Fame Makes a Nullity of Us All -- About the Author -- Why We Live at the Movies -- Desire -- Where We Live and What We Live For -- Where We Live and What We Live For -- Where We Live and What We Live For -- Life Is Elsewhere: A Rube's Lament -- Almost Famous -- Stuttering -- Robert Capa, Misunderstood -- The Nimbus of Her Fame Makes a Nullity of Us All -- Where We Live and What We Live For -- Problems and Solutions to Problems -- Problems and Solutions to Problems -- The Subject at the Vanishing Point -- The Confessions -- Almost Famous -- Why We Live at the Movies -- Why We Live at the Movies -- The Nimbus of His Fame etc.: Dreams about Kurt Cobain -- The One We Truly Want -- The Cultural Contradictions of Late Capitalism -- The Cultural Contradictions of Early Capitalism: Postcards from Camp -- Love Is Not a Consolation -- Love Is a Light -- Desire -- Why We Live at the Movies -- The Confessions -- The One We Truly Want: A Brief Survey of Ideal Desire -- Radio -- Last Lines: It Isn't the Suspense That Is Killing Us -- Epilogue: How to Make a Paper Hat -- Notes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Remote
• ISBN: 1-282-78826-4; 9786612788260; 0-299-19363-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822704603321
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