Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
The electric candle and faux fur, coffee substitutes and meat analogues, Obama impersonators, prosthetics. Imitation this, false that. Humans have been replacing and improving upon the real thing for millennia - from wooden toes found on Egyptian mummies to the Luxor pyramid in Las Vegas. So why do people have such disdain for so-called "fakes"?
Kati Stevens's Fake discusses the strange history of imitations, as well as our ever-changing psychological and socioeconomic relationships with them. After all, fakes aren't going anywhere; they seem to be going everywhere.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
| ISBN: | 9781501338137 |
| Publication date: | 20th September 2018 |
| Author: | Kati Stevens |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 145 pages |
| Series: | Object Lessons |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Material culture Philosophy: aesthetics Product design |
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The electric candle and faux fur, coffee substitutes and meat analogues, Obama impersonators, prosthetics. Imitation this, false that.
Fake features in the following genres: Literary theory, Material culture, Philosophy: aesthetics, Product design
Paperback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
Fake was written by Kati Stevens and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Fake has 145 pages
Yes it is part of Object Lessons series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.