Media parasites in the early avant-garde : on the abuse of technology and communication

Summary: "The avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century inhabited the media discourses of their time like parasites, constantly irritating and taking from them. Dadaists ripped images of a mechanically reproduced world out of newspapers and magazines and reassembled them in their collages. Futurists instrumentalized the brevity of telegraph messages for their free word poetics. Artists such as F.T. Marinetti, Raoul Hausmann and Luigi Russolo constantly abused existing media technologies and hijacked public communication. This study traces these subversive tactics from avant-garde poetry to media technological experiments with radio tubes"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781349446841
ISBN: 9781137276858
ISBN: 134944684X
ISBN: 1137276851
ISBN: 9781283947213
ISBN: 9781137276865
ISBN: 1283947218
ISBN: 113727686X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages)
remote
Computer data.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:april.22 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. The Press and the Parasites -- 2. Poetic Media Effects -- 3. Parasitic Media -- 4. Parasitic Noise -- 5. Ether Parasites -- Conclusion: Odradek and the Future of the Parasite.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.