Cultures of Obsolescence History, Materiality, and the Digital Age
Obsolescence is fundamental to the experience of modernity, not simply one dimension of an economic system. The contributors to this book investigate obsolescence as a historical phenomenon, an aesthetic practice, and an affective mode.
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Cultures of Obsolescence
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History, Materiality, and the Digital Age
Edited by Babette B. Tischleder and Sarah Wasserman
10.1057/9781137463647 - Cultures of Obsolescence, Edited by Babette B. Tischleder and Sarah Wasserman
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Cultures of Obsolescence
cultures of obsolescence
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction Thinking out of Sync: A Theory of Obsolescence Babette B. Tischleder and Sarah Wasserman
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Prelude The Obsolescence of the Human Bill Brown
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Part I History 1 Rags, Bones, and Plastic Bags: Obsolescence, Trash, and American Consumer Culture Susan Strasser 2 Architectures of Obsolescence: Lessons for History Daniel M. Abramson
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Part II Media and the Digital Age 3 Proliferation and Obsolescence of the Historical Record in the Digital Era John Durham Peters
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4 Replacement, Displacement, and Obsolescence in the Digital Age William Uricchio
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5 The Future History of the Book: Time, Attention, Convention Kathleen Fitzpatrick
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