Phantasmic Radio

by Allen S. Weiss

The alienation of the self, the annihilation of the body, the fracturing, dispersal, and reconstruction of the disembodied voice: the themes of modernism, even of modern consciousness, occur as a matter of course in the phantasmic realm of radio. In this original work of cultural criticism, Allen S. Weiss explores the meaning of radio to the modern imagination. Weaving together cultural and technological history, aesthetic analysis, and epistemological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822316641
• ISBN13: 9780822316640
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 9.0"