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Prosthetic Culture: Photography, Memory and Identity

Paperback

Main Details

Title Prosthetic Culture: Photography, Memory and Identity
Authors and Contributors      By (author) C. Lury
SeriesInternational Library of Sociology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780415102940
ClassificationsDewey:306
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 4 December 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In a fascinating account of how technology is altering our consciousness, Celia Lury shows how the manipulation of photographic images and ways of seeing can so redefine the relation between consciousness, the body and memory as to create a 'prosthetic culture' whose capacities both extend and threaten our humanity. We live in a society in which some memories can be falsely implanted in the individual while others are stored in video archives of images, in which the powers of cartoon superheroes break through the limitations of time and space. Using the examples of photo-therapy, family albums, Benetton advertising campaigns, the phenomenon of false memory syndrome and the 'lives' of cartoon characters this book argues that the 'eyes' made available by contemporary visual technologies involve not simply specific ways of seeing, but also ways of life.