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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679741801
ISBN-139780679741800
eBay Product ID (ePID)966883
Product Key Features
Book TitleImage : a Guide to Pseudo-events in America
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicPolitical Process / Media & Internet, United States / 20th Century, Media Studies, Industries / Media & Communications, Popular Culture
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
AuthorDaniel J. Boorstin
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
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LCCN92-050080
Reviews"An engrossing book - sensitive, thoughtful, damning, dead on target and in most respects unanswerable." - Scientific American "Entertaining, acute, stimulating, timely, and intelligent . . . a brilliant polemic about a very real problem." - Saturday Review "Excellent . . . it is the book to end all books about 'the American image' - what it is, who projects it, what effect it has at home or abroad." - The Observer, "An Engrossing Book -- Sensitive, Thoughtful, Damning, Dead On Target And In Most Respects Unanswerable." -- Scientific American"entertaining, Acute, Stimulating, Timely, And Intelligent...A Brilliant Polemic About A Very Real Problem." -- Saturday Review "excellent...It Is The Book To End All Books About 'the American Image' -- What It Is, Who Projects It, What Effect It Has At Home Or Abroad." -- The Observer, Praise for Daniel J. Boorstin's The Image "A very informative and entertaining and chastising book." -- Harper's "A book that everyone in America should read every few years. Stunning in its prescience, it explains virtually every aspect of our mass media's evolution and seductiveness." --Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Visit From the Goon Squad "An engrossing book--sensitive, thoughtful, damning, dead on target and in most respects unanswerable." -- Scientific American "Excellent. . . It is the book to end all books about 'The American Image'--what it is, who projects it, what effect it has at home or abroad." -- The Observer "A brilliant and original essay about the black arts and corrupting influences of advertising and public relations." -- The Guardian "Boorstin's book tells us how to see and listen, and how to think about what we see and hear." --George Will
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Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal973.9
SynopsisDaniel J. Boorstin's prophetic vision of an America inundated by its own illusions is an essential resource for any reader who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths. "The book that best explains Trump's dominance may well have been published in 1962. In The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America , the historian Daniel J. Boorstin described the image as a medium--a photograph, a movie, a representation of life, laid out on pulp or screen--that becomes, soon enough, a habit of mind." -- The Atlantic "Boorstin's book tells us how to see and listen, and how to think about what we see and hear." -- George Will 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.", 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.
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- 03 Jun, 2021
Not ligthweight reading
I am about 1/2 way through the book. Original in content and thought provoking, it is somewhat difficult to read. The author portrays news-events as 'pseudo-events'....contrived and manipulated events. So much so, we live in age where factual-information does not always get told. Instead, we get pseudo-events done to generate interest, AND money. I do not agree with the author's premise: he claims there are no more 'heroes'..only contrived celebreties whose fame rises and falls like the sun. It is not a book like his other well known writings. I find his overall mood to be brooding, as if he has reached a point of disillusionment with Life. How sad.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
