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  Image (Vintage) (Paperback) By (author) Boorstin

  

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  Short Description for ImageThe author introduces the seminal concept of "pseudo-events"--such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are staged solely for publicity--and redefines celebrity as "a person who is known for his well-knownness". The result is an essential resource that distinguishes the deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.
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  • Publisher: Vintage Books
  • Published: 01 October 1997
  • Format: Paperback 319 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | History Of The Americas
  • ISBN 13: 9780679741800 ISBN 10: 0679741801
  • Sales rank: 103,014

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• A prophetic and scathingly funny analysis of America's inundation by illusion, IMAGE is essential for anyone who wants to distinguish the manifold deceptions of our culture from its few enduring truths.