America -- Jean Baudrillard

From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York and LA by night--"a sort of luminous, geometric, incandescent immensity"--Baudrillard mixes aper us and observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates our world. In this new edition, leading cultural critic and novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful and perceptive take on the continued resonance of Baudrillard's <i>America</i>.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Jean Baudrillard<br><b>Publisher:</b> Verso<br><b>Published:</b> 09/20/2010<br><b>Pages:</b> 138<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.41lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.72h x 5.17w x 0.48d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781844676828<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Jean Baudrillard</b> (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include <i>Simulations and Simulacra</i>, <i>America</i>, <i>The Perfect Crime</i>, <i>The System of Objects</i>, <i>Passwords</i>, <i>The Transparency of Evil</i>, <i>The Spirit of Terrorism</i>, and <i>Fragments</i>, among others.</p>