[Commlist] New Book: Shiny Things: Reflective Surfaces and Their Mixed Meanings

Intellect is pleased to announce that /*Shiny Things: Reflective 
Surfaces and Their Mixed Meanings 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/shiny-things>*/, by Leonard Diepeveen 
and Timothy van Laar, is available in ebook and paperback.

Shiny Things fascinate and attract us. While their allure was once 
heightened by their rarity, shininess now permeates our world. The 
attraction of shininess has become a foundation of consumer culture. As 
a result, we now see shininess in architecture across the globe, our 
conceptions of the body, and in many other ways that catch our eye and 
divert our attention. In /Shiny Things/, Leonard Diepeveen and Timothy 
van Laar examine the meanings and functions of shininess in art and culture.

/Shiny Things/ explores the works of a diverse range of artists 
including Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Jeff Koons, Carolee Schneemann, 
Audrey Flack, Fra Angelico, and Gerard ter Borch. The authors open up 
the discussion to a variety of topics, including automobiles, Richard 
Nixon and Liberace amongst others. With accessible writing and 
application of contemporary theory, this book will appeal to any 
progressive thinker looking for new ways to present ideas. The book 
engages primarily with visual art, although it makes frequent use of 
material culture, as well as advertising, film, literature, and other 
areas of popular and political culture.


*_Table of Contents
_*
*Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: *The Shiny World

*-* Embodied Shine
*-* Shiny Representation
*-* Smudges
*-* Purity
*-* Anxious Shine
*- *Ironic Shine
*-* Kitsch and Camp
*
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*Notes
Bibliography
Index *


Please visit our website for more information:
www.intellectbooks.com/shiny-things 
<http://www.intellectbooks.com/shiny-things>

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