The Aesthetics of Stealth: Digital Culture, Video Games, and the Politics of Perception

by Toni Pape

How performances of tactical imperceptibility--or "stealth"--have become a key political practice in digital culture as a means of escaping surveillance and tracking technologies.

In The Aesthetics of Stealth, Toni Pape proposes the first aesthetic and cultural theory of stealth, a mode of political action. The primary goal of stealth is to act efficiently while remaining imperceptible. Pape begins with the observation that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262549786
• ISBN13: 9780262549783
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"