Lexington Books
Pages: 248
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-0-7391-6477-8 • Hardback • August 2011 • $128.00 • (£98.00)
978-0-7391-8458-5 • Paperback • June 2013 • $57.99 • (£45.00)
Robin DeRosa is associate professor of English and women's studies at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Part 4 Part I – The Small Screen: Reconsidering Reality TV
Chapter 5 Chapter 1. Famous for Being Famous: Celebrity Socialites and the Framework of Fame
Chapter 6 Chapter 2. Simulating Supper: Serving up TV Dinner
Chapter 7 Chapter 3. Imitation Meets Simulation: Seinfeld's George Costanza as the Original Larry David
Chapter 8 Chapter 4. Trapped in TV Land: Encountering the Hyperreal in Supernatural
Part 9 Part II – The Big Screen: The Simulacra in Contemporary Film
Chapter 10 Chapter 5. The Gentleman's Gentleman: The Butler as Simulacra in The Remains of the Day
Chapter 11 Chapter 6. The Soft Bodies of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Chapter 12 Chapter 7. Jesus in Hyperreality: Baudrillard and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Making Love, Making Violence Avatar-Style: Hyperreal Connection and Deconstructive Identification
Part 14 Part III – The Game of Life: Playing in the Hyperreal
Chapter 15 Chapter 9. Planting Crops in the Hyperreal: Farmville and Simulated Work
Chapter 16 Chapter 10. Fear and Loathing in Second Life: Body Surveillance in the Online Community
Chapter 17 Chapter 11. Total Immersion and the Total Screen: The Simulated and Screened Realities of Video Games
Chapter 18 Chapter 12. Seriously Fun: Viral Marketing and the Gaming Experience of Nolan's The Dark Knight
Chapter 19 Chapter 13. Transgressive Simulation: The Mobility of Violence in Extreme Championship Wrestling
Chapter 20 Chapter 14. Drafting the Hyperreal: Ownership, Responsibility, Agency in Fantasy Sports
Part 21 Part IV– Hyperreal Homes: Culture and Identity in Postmodern Places
Chapter 22 Chapter 15. Room(s) for Sight: The Artificial Everyday Theater of Rimini Protokoll
Chapter 23 Chapter 16. Nazis and Nazi Costumes: The State of Evil in Hyperreal Ethics
Chapter 24 Chapter 17. Operational (Hyper)realities in the Exilic Labyrinth: Roberto G. Fernández's Construction and Destruction of Identity through Parodic Simulacra
Chapter 25 Chapter 18. Having it Both Ways: The Simulacral and the Aura of the Real in Geoff Nicholson's Bleeding London
Chapter 26 Chapter 19. "There's Really Nothing Left to Explore": Imagineering, Innoventions, and Figments in Florida Studies
Chapter 27 Bibliography
Chapter 28 Notes on Contributors
Chapter 29 Index