UID:
almafu_9959677648702883
Format:
1 online resource (153 pages)
ISBN:
0-8223-7317-3
Content:
What explains our current obsession with selfies? In I Love My Selfie noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the selfie's historical and cultural roots by discussing everything from Greek mythology and Shakespeare to Andy Warhol, James Franco, and Pope Francis. He sees selfies as tools people use to disguise or present themselves as spontaneous and casual. This collaboration includes a portfolio of fifty autoportraits by the artist ADÁL; he and Stavans use them as a way to question the notion of the self and to engage with artists, celebrities, technology, identity, and politics. Provocative and engaging, I Love My Selfie will change the way readers think about this unavoidable phenomenon of twenty-first-century life.
Note:
Includes index.
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Chillin' -- The plight of Narcissus -- "Decisive moments" -- Out of focus -- Go fuck your selfie : a portfolio / ADÁL -- Alone with others -- Rembrandt's instamatic -- Tropic Noir -- And then comes darkness.
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Issued also in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-6338-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-6349-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780822373179
