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Author:
Milne, Esther.
Title:
Letters, postcards, email : technologies of presence / Esther Milne.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xvi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Letter writing--English-speaking countries--Psychological aspects.
Written communication--English-speaking countries--Psychological aspects.
English letters--History and criticism.
Communication and technology.
Geschichte
Schriftliche Kommunikation
Brief
Postkarte
E-Mail
Psychologie
Englisches Sprachgebiet
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"The conscious presence of a central intellect" : British postal history -- "The simple transcripts of natural feeling" : signifiers of presence in epistolary practice -- "The ghosts of all my impertinent letters" : presence in crisis -- "The self-conscious air of the reproduced" : postcard history -- "A photo of the ship that I am now on" : signifiers of presence, intimacy and privacy in postcard correspondence -- A brief history of electronic mail -- "In my sickness" : constructing presence on the cybermind discussion group.
Series:
Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 24
ISBN:
0203862155 (ebk.)
9780203862155 (ebk.)
0415993288
9780415993289
OCLC:
(OCoLC)276818596
LCCN:
2009027130
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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