The machine and the ghost : Technology and spiritualism in nineteenth- to twenty-first-century art and culture.

Focusing on our complex relationship with technology, The machine and the ghost explores our culture's continued fascination with the spectral, the ghostly and the paranormal. Through a series of critical case studies and artists' discussions, this lively new collection examines topics ran...

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Main Author: Mays, Sas
Other Authors: Matheson, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
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Summary:Focusing on our complex relationship with technology, The machine and the ghost explores our culture's continued fascination with the spectral, the ghostly and the paranormal. Through a series of critical case studies and artists' discussions, this lively new collection examines topics ranging from contemporary art to cultural theory. Produced with renowned specialists within the field, including the artist Susan Hiller and the writer Marina Warner, the book combines the historical with the contemporary in exploring how the visual culture of paranormal phenomena continues to haunt our imaginat.
Physical Description:1 online resource (251 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526112118
1526112116
9781526112101
1526112108
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.