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Technologies of Magic
A Cultural Study of Ghosts, Machines and the Uncanny
Edited by John Potts and Edward Scheer
Paper978-0-909952-35-8
$35.00
| Pub Date: | 2007 |
| Pages: | 184 pages |
| Dimensions: | 6.75 x 9.75 in. |
Charting curious territory—a place occupied by both machines and magic
Technologies of Magic collects essays that investigate the coexistence of very old forms of thought--belief in ghosts, magic, spirits--and contemporary culture. Offering a new way of thinking about technology in today’s world, this distinctive collection frames ghosts and magic as fundamentally performative--performing new kinds of cultural work in the world. Modern ghosts are not asked to identify themselves, but are instead made to account for the work they do.
John Potts is an associate professor in media at Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the author of Radio in Australia. Edward Scheer is senior lecturer in the School of Media, Film, and Theatre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the editor of 100 Years of Cruelty: Essays on Artaud and Antonin Artaud: A Critical Reader.
Subjects:
Cultural Studies
Distributed for Power Publications at the University of Sydney
