00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685594773862036094 Buklod 20160827140403.0 g||| | || || ta 211005s1988 nyua rb |||1 u|eng d 0465001017 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00021625989 DLC BAG rda eng E 169.12 E94 1988 Ewen, Stuart 1945- author. All consuming images the politics of style in contemporary culture Stuart Ewen. New York Basic Books, Inc. [1988] xi, 306 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index. Introduction: shoes for thought -- Chapter one: "...Images without bottom..." -- Chapter two: Goods and surfaces -- Skinner of the visible world -- Style and social mobility -- The triumph of the superficial -- Pictures of refinement -- Chapter three: The marriage between art and commerce -- Integrated visions -- Consumer engineering -- Image and desire -- Chapter four: Chosen people -- Marks of distinction -- First impressions -- Chapter five: "The dream of wholeness" -- Defining personhood -- Pathways of fulfillment: photography and celebrity -- The decoration of independence -- Chapter six: Varnished barbarism -- The look of history -- The look of the future -- Chapter seven: Mechanical sentiments -- Chapter eight: Form follows value -- Roman, 1948 -- The vaporization of values -- Less is more -- The body politic -- Chapter nine: Form follows power -- Hard bodies -- Regulating lines -- The aura of technical perfection -- The greening of panopticism -- Chapter ten: Form follows waste -- Conspicuous consumption -- Dynamic obsolescence -- Merchandise and memory -- Conclusion: The political elements of style. Depicts the evolution of an increasingly style-conscious society from the time when style was an exclusive prerogative of aristocratic elites to today when it fascinates millions. Popular culture United States History 20th century. Lifestyles United States. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN E 169.12 E94 1988 Book