Phantom Communities by Scott Durham - 9780804733366

Phantom CommunitiesThe Simulacrum and the Limits of Postmodernism\nAuthor(s): Scott Durham\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804733366, 978-0804733366\nSynopsis\nPhantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrumsometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its modelin light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies.\n\n The author pursues two interwoven levels of analysis. On one level, he explores the poetics of the simulacrum, considered as a form that internalizes repetition, through close readings of a number of exemplary literary texts, paintings, and films from both the Anglo-American and French traditions, including works by Jean Genet, Pierre Klossowski, Ren Magritte, Andy Warhol, J. G. Ballard, Balthus, and Ral Ruiz. Through his readings of these works, the author follows t.