John Potts,Edward Scheer: Technologies Of Magic : A Cultural Study of Ghosts, Machines and the Uncanny


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Technologies of Magic charts curious territory-a place occupied by both machines and magic. This collection of essays investigates the co-existence of very old forms of thought-belief in ghosts, magic, spirits-with contemporary culture. Refracted through highly technologised societies, magic manifests itself in surprising ways and through a diverse range of practices.
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Author: John Potts,Edward Scheer
Number of Pages: 184 pages
Published Date: 01 Jan 2011
Publisher: Power Institute of Fine Arts
Publication Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
ISBN: 9780909952358
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