Hyperreality and Global Culture

This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality andrepresentation have become blurred a world where LA Law is used to trainlawyers.Drawing on ex... » 

This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality andrepresentation have become blurred a world where LA Law is used to trainlawyers.Drawing on examples from around the globe Nick Perry presents a fascinatingand entertaining analysis of both familiar objects and situations as well asthe more unusual and absurd. Meals served in British pubs motorcycle gangs indowntown Tokyo Australian movies are just some examples used by the author inhis engaging exploration of modern sense of the unreal.Hyperrealities also engages with well known theorists of contemporary culturefrom Baudrillard and Umberto Eco to Jameson and Sartre. «