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Real Thing - Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940 (Hardcover, 25th)
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Real Thing - Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940 (Hardcover, 25th)
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In this classic study of the relationship between technology and
culture, Miles Orvell demonstrates that the roots of contemporary
popular culture reach back to the Victorian era, when mechanical
replications of familiar objects reigned supreme and realism
dominated artistic representation. Reacting against this genteel
culture of imitation, a number of artists and intellectuals at the
turn of the century were inspired by the machine to create more
authentic works of art that were themselves "real things." The
resulting tension between a culture of imitation and a culture of
authenticity, argues Orvell, has become a defining category in our
culture. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new
preface by the author, looking back on the late twentieth century
and assessing tensions between imitation and authenticity in the
context of our digital age. Considering material culture,
photography, and literature, the book touches on influential
figures such as writers Walt Whitman, Henry James, John Dos Passos,
and James Agee; photographers Alfred Stieglitz, Walker Evans, and
Margaret Bourke-White; and architect-designers Gustav Stickley and
Frank Lloyd Wright.
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