Phantom Communities: The Simulacrum and the Limits of Postmodernism

By Scott Durham

Book Overview

Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804733368
• ISBN13: 9780804733366
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"