Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the double infidelity; From literary criticism to fiction-theory; Modern ambience of objects; Technology and culture: Baudrillard's critique of McLuhan and Lefebvre; The rigours of consumer society; From production to reproduction; Modernity, simulation, and the hyperreal; Fashion, the body, sexuality, and death; Anagrammatic resolutions; Transpolitical objects; From the Beaubourg to the Bonaventure Hotel; Conclusion: the other Baudrillard; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Drawing on several of Baudrillard's key writings which are still only available in French, Gane provides us with the essential guide to Baudrillard as cultural critic.
Baudrillard's bestiary.
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Baudrillard, Jean.
Baudrillard, Jean,1929-2007
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Sociology-- France-- History.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.