How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency

by Akiko Busch

Book Overview

It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? The impulse to escape notice is not about complacent isolation or senseless conformity, but about maintaining identity, autonomy, and voice....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101980427
• ISBN13: 9781101980422
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"