The doppelgänger in our time visions of alterity in literature, visual culture, and new media / Alia Soliman.

Author/creator Soliman, Alia, 1977-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2024]
Descriptionxiv, 308 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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SeriesArt and thought = art et pensée, 2296-1151 ; vol no. 5
Abstract "The book examines the doppelgänger persona's gradual shift to representations of the self as simulacrum and responds to changing conceptions of identity that celebrate the potentiality of alterity. Varied literary, visual, and digital narratives of the self showcase the doppelgänger as an increasingly image-based construction.The literature of Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Fuentes reveal the birth of multiple selfhoods that are rooted in temporality; Willem Hermans, Jose Saramago, and Denis Villeneuve put forth under-represented experiences of alienation and the remedial powers of the alter; contemporary photographic campaigns by Cornelia Hedgier and François Brunelle and digital doppelgänger series such as "twin strangers" lead trends in visual culture and new media where the encounter between self and double is constructive, performative, and interactive. Delineating a structural change, the book proposes a paradigm shift that celebrates the female double, multiplicity, and visual and digital engagement and furnishes the reader with an expanded conception of the doppelgänger figure"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2023015496
ISBN9781800793613 (paperback)
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