Iconic Power: Materiality and Meaning in Social Life

by Dominik Bartmanski, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Bernhard Giesen

Book Overview

Iconic Power is a collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. What counts as iconic in late modern society? How do icons work? What exactly makes an image, object, or person iconic? Why should we care about icons? These are among the central questions of this volume. From elite wine brands to popular music festivals, from the Berlin Wall to the Abu Ghraib scandal, the contributors to this volume discuss the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137375965
• ISBN13: 9781137375964
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"