Format:
1 Online-Ressource (185 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781501323256
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9781501323225
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1501323229
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9781501323232
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1501323237
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9781501323249
Series Statement:
Object lessons
Content:
Introduction : The Esperanto of Jet Lag -- The Romantic Machine -- Babel's Clock -- Circadian Rhythm and Blues -- Heaven Up Here -- Conclusion : Jet Lag as a Way of Life.
Content:
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. What exactly is jet lag? And, more importantly, how do we live with jet lag? Christopher J. Lee's book introduces jet lag as an object of study, tracing medical, temporal, and technological approaches for understanding this strange, hidden cost of our populist cosmopolitanism today. Drawing upon personal experience and an array of cultural registers, Jet Lag considers this present-day Icarian experience to be an allegory of our intrinsic human limits in the face of modern technological change. Jet lag is revealed to be an unavoidable discomfort, an existential condition that is the result of the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation technologies. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic."--
Content:
"Jet lag is a physical ailment, a temporal condition, a political effect, and, ultimately, a cultural moment in sum, a universal, yet under-examined, object of study that serves as an allegory of our human limitations in the face of the advances of technology in the modern world"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501323225
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781501323225
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501323256
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