Modern Enchantments

Modern Enchantments
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 0674013719
ISBN-13 : 9780674013711
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Book Synopsis Modern Enchantments by : Simon During

Download or read book Modern Enchantments written by Simon During and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic, During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, During's work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. How can the most ordinary arts—and by “magic,” During means not the supernatural, but the special effects and conjurings of magic shows—affect people?


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