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I LOVE MY SELFIE
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| By: |
Ilan Stavans, Adal Maldonado |
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Hardback |
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£85.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0822363380 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780822363385 |
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| Publisher: |
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
16 May, 2017 |
| Pages: |
152 |
| Description: |
Noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans and artist ADAL analyze the selfie and its role in contemporary life by exploring it in the context of the history of Western self-portraiture, mythology, literature, art, and philosophy. |
| Synopsis: |
What explains our current obsession with selfies? In I Love My Selfie noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the selfie's historical and cultural roots by discussing everything from Greek mythology and Shakespeare to Andy Warhol, James Franco, and Pope Francis. He sees selfies as tools people use to disguise or present themselves as spontaneous and casual. This collaboration includes a portfolio of fifty autoportraits by the artist ADAL; he and Stavans use them as a way to question the notion of the self and to engage with artists, celebrities, technology, identity, and politics. Provocative and engaging, I Love My Selfie will change the way readers think about this unavoidable phenomenon of twenty-first-century life. |
| Illustrations: |
73 color illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press |
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Non-returnable |