High-Tech Trash : Glitch, Noise, and Aesthetic Failure

High-Tech Trash: Glitch, Noise, and Aesthetic Failure maps an archaeology of failure in a culture seemingly ill-equipped to deal with it. To better understand failure, Kane argues, we must abstract from our subjective, personal disappointments and see them as meaningful symbols of a broader human st...

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Main Author: Kane, Carolyn L. (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Oakland University of California Press 2019
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