Signatures of the VisibleIn such celebrated works as Postmodernism: The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Fredric Jameson has established himself as one of America‘s most observant cultural commentators. In Signatures of the Visible, Jameson turns his attention to cinema - the artform that has replaced the novel as the defining cultural form of our time. Histori |
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| Title | Signatures of the Visible Routledge Classics |
| Author | Fredric Jameson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1136760415, 9781136760419 |
| Length | 360 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism Social Science / Media Studies |
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