The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America by Boorstin, Daniel J.

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of "pseudo-events"--events such as press conferences...
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Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
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Language: English
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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America by Boorstin, Daniel J.

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

Dhs. 117.20

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

Dhs. 117.20
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: Paperback
Language: English

First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of "pseudo-events"--events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported--and the contemporary definition of celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness." Since then Daniel J. Boorstin's prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions has become an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.



Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/01/1992
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.40w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780679741800

About the Author
Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience; The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.

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