Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-267) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : aesthetics in the age of consumer culture--some terms -- Attention and distraction : the billboard as mural form -- Fascination; or, enlightenment in the age of neon light -- Poetry, replication, late capitalism : Octavio Paz as concrete poet -- Lygia Clark, at home with objects -- Conclusion.
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