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Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America Softcover - 1992

by Boorstin, Daniel J

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The author introduces the seminal concept of "pseudo-events"--such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are staged solely for publicity--and redefines celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness". The result is an essential resource that distinguishes the deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.

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Vintage. Softcover. Very Good. Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America (ISBN: 9780679741800): "Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America" is a thought-provoking exploration of the concept of pseudo-events in American culture and media. Author Daniel J. Boorstin examines how manufactured events, such as press conferences, staged photo opportunities, and sensationalized news stories, have become prevalent in shaping public perception and reality. Boorstin's analysis delves into the ways in which pseudo-events distort the boundaries between reality and illusion, impacting journalism, politics, and the cultural landscape of the United States. This book serves as a critical examination of the media and the constructed nature of contemporary events, challenging readers to question the authenticity of the images and narratives they encounter in the modern world. Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear. May have remainder marks, often with a black dot or similar mark, to the top or bottom edge of the book.
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  • Title Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
  • Author Boorstin, Daniel J
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date September 1, 1992
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # QB01393
  • ISBN 9780679741800 / 0679741801
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.08 x 5.4 x 0.77 in (20.52 x 13.72 x 1.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, United States - Civilization - 1945-
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012464128
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.9

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First Published In 1962, This Wonderfully Provocative Book Introduced The Notion Of "pseudo-events" -- Events Such As Press Conferences And Presidential Debates, Which Are Manufactured Solely In Order To Be Reported -- And The Contemporary Definition Of Celebrity As "a Person Who Is Known For His Well-knownness." Since Then Daniel J. Boorstin's Prophetic Vision Of An America Inundated By Its Own Illusions Has Become An Essential Resource For Any Reader Who Wants To Distinguish The Manifold Deceptions Of Our Culture From Its Few Enduring Truths.

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Praise for Daniel J. Boorstin's The Image

“A very informative and entertaining and chastising book.”
—Harper’s 
 
“A book that everyone in America should read every few years. Stunning in its prescience, it explains virtually every aspect of our mass media's evolution and seductiveness.”
—Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Visit From the Goon Squad 
 
“An engrossing book—sensitive, thoughtful, damning, dead on target and in most respects unanswerable.”
—Scientific American
 
“Excellent. . . It is the book to end all books about ‘The American Image’—what it is, who projects it, what effect it has at home or abroad.”
—The Observer 
 
“A brilliant and original essay about the black arts and corrupting influences of advertising and public relations.”
—The Guardian

“Boorstin’s book tells us how to see and listen, and how to think about what we see and hear.”
—George Will

About the author

Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience; The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.

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