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By Arjun Shankar
Published: 30 June 2023
DOI: 10.1215/9781478027119-013
EISBN: 978-1-4780-2711-9
... In chapter twelve, Shankar investigates a school which has been beautified as part of a corporate social responsibility project. Shankar tries to understand the purpose of such projects through the theoretical openings provided by the “hyperreal.” In turn, Shankar reveals the ways...
Published: 01 January 1996
EISBN: 978-0-8223-9925-4
Published: 01 January 1996
EISBN: 978-0-8223-9925-4
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By Lisa Messeri
Published: 02 February 2024
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5922-6
... Los Angeles virtual reality façade hyperreality unreal ...
Book Chapter

By Arjun Shankar
... hyperreal corporate social responsibility beautification social media campaigns celebrity ...
Published: 02 February 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059226-004
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5922-6
... on theorists who analyze LA as a postmodern city and ground zero for hyperreality, this chapter proposes the unreal as a way for thinking about contemporary shifts in reality that the city makes legible and VR exemplifies. That one seems to be able to feel reality becoming something else in LA hones...
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By Lisa Messeri
Published: 02 February 2024
DOI: 10.1215/9781478059226-002
EISBN: 978-1-4780-5922-6
.... Building on theorists who analyze LA as a postmodern city and ground zero for hyperreality, this chapter proposes the unreal as a way for thinking about contemporary shifts in reality that the city makes legible and VR exemplifies. That one seems to be able to feel reality becoming something else in LA...
Book Chapter

By Arjun Shankar
... a school which has been beautified as part of a corporate social responsibility project. Shankar tries to understand the purpose of such projects through the theoretical openings provided by the “hyperreal.” In turn, Shankar reveals the ways that fieldworkers must grapple with their own positions within...