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Bradley J. Nelson & David R. Castillo
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This volume explores the intersection between theories of the modern spectaclefrom Jose Antonio Maravall’s conceptualization of the spectacular culture of the baroque to the Frankfurt School’s theorization of mass culture, to Baudrillard’s notion of the simulacrum, to Guy Debord’s understanding of the society of the spectacleand the findings of the emerging fields of urban studies, landscape studies, and, generally speaking, studies of space.

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David R. Castillo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 304 ● ISBN 9780826518187 ● File size 1.9 MB ● Editor Bradley J. Nelson & David R. Castillo ● Publisher Vanderbilt University Press – Vanderbilt University Press ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5524962 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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