{"product_id":"the-mediated-mind-affect-ephemera-and-consumerism-in-the-nineteenth-century-9780823279838","title":"The Mediated Mind: Affect, Ephemera, and Consumerism in the Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did we arrive at our contemporary consumer media economy? Why are we now fixated on screens, imbibing information that constantly expires, and longing for more direct or authentic kinds of experience? \u003cem\u003eThe Mediated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e answers these questions by revisiting a previous media revolution, the nineteenth-century explosion of mass print. Like our own smartphone screens, printed paper and imprinted objects touched the most intimate regions of nineteenth-century life. The rise of this printed ephemera, and its new information economy, generated modern consumer experiences such as voracious collecting and curating, fantasies of disembodied mental travel, and information addiction. Susan Zieger demonstrates how the nineteenth century established affective, psychological, social, and cultural habits of media consumption that we still experience, even as pixels supersede paper. Revealing the history of our own moment, \u003cem\u003eThe Mediated Mind\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the commonplace assumption that our own new media lack a past, or that our own experiences are unprecedented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Zieger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823279838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Zieger is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eInventing the Addict: Drugs, Race, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century British and American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous articles in \u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies, American Literature, PMLA, \u003c\/i\u003eand other journals. Her research areas include nineteenth-century literature and culture, the history of medicine, historical media studies, and visual culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40201457172595,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8edf135c-b877-4682-b695-696a11b3b907.jpg?v=1656165561","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-mediated-mind-affect-ephemera-and-consumerism-in-the-nineteenth-century-9780823279838","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}