{"product_id":"network-aesthetics-9780226346519","title":"Network Aesthetics","description":"The term \"network\" is now applied to everything from the Internet to terrorist-cell systems. But the word's ubiquity has also made it a cliché, a concept at once recognizable yet hard to explain. \u003ci\u003eNetwork Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e, in exploring how popular culture mediates our experience with interconnected life, reveals the network's role as a way for people to construct and manage their world--and their view of themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each chapter considers how popular media and artistic forms make sense of decentralized network metaphors and infrastructures. Patrick Jagoda first examines narratives from the 1990s and 2000s, including the novel \u003ci\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/i\u003e, the film \u003ci\u003eSyriana\u003c\/i\u003e, and the television series \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which play with network forms to promote reflection on domestic crisis and imperial decline in contemporary America. Jagoda then looks at digital media that are interactive, nonlinear, and dependent on connected audiences to show how recent approaches, such as those in the videogame \u003ci\u003eJourney\u003c\/i\u003e, open up space for participatory and improvisational thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributing to fields as diverse as literary criticism, digital studies, media theory, and American studies, \u003ci\u003eNetwork Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly demonstrates that, in today's world, networks are something that can not only be known, but also felt, inhabited, and, crucially, transformed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Jagoda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226346519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Jagoda\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago and a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812766871667,"sku":"9780226346519","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7c98e048-c433-4714-94fb-e16286d84442.jpg?v=1776777303","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/network-aesthetics-9780226346519","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}