Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and indexes.
Note
Print version record.
Contents
Introduction -- From Repetition to Replication -- Replication, Novelty and Reactivation -- Branding, Trademark and the Virtual Audience -- Mechanical Reproduction : Print, Literacy and the Public Sphere -- Electronic Reproduction : Broadcasting, Watching and Public Service -- Micro-Electronic Reproduction : Communication, the Flow of Information and Users -- Technologies of Culture and Gender -- Simulation, Gender and Contemporary Culture.
Summary
This astute and timely book investigates the radical potential of technically unlimited reproduction in postmodern culture. It describes a move towards a regime of cultural rights ordered by simulation rather than originality.