{"product_id":"i-love-my-selfie-hardback-9780822363385","title":"I Love My Selfie (Hardback) 9780822363385","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eI Love My Selfie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIlan Stavans (Author), Adál Maldonado (By (photographer))\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822363385\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e152 pages, 73 color illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 17.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Rather than seeing selfies as a symptom of modern decay and pathology, Stavans encourages us to see the explosion of selfies as a kind of collective art project, in which everyone’s individualism squeezes into the frame next to everybody else’s individualism.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Noah Berlatsky (Quartz) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A book of absolute contemporary relevance, \u003ci\u003eI Love My Selfie\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that nothing has ever been as hard as having a self, and that perhaps to better be true to it, one has to learn to conceal it, in a game of hide and seek that here gains a political dimension.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Carlos Fonseca (TLS) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Stavans’ key intuition that selfies might be understood in dialogue with self-portraiture is significant, as putting pressure on the definitions of selfies and self-portraiture-whether in the present moment or across the history of photography-can yield rich insights.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Nicole Erin Morse (boundary 2)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhat explains our current obsession with selfies? In \u003ci\u003eI Love My Selfie\u003c\/i\u003e noted cultural critic Ilan Stavans explores the selfie's historical and cultural roots by discussing everything from Greek mythology and Shakespeare to Andy Warhol, James Franco, and Pope Francis. He sees selfies as tools people use to disguise or present themselves as spontaneous and casual. This collaboration includes a portfolio of fifty autoportraits by the artist AD\u0026amp;Aacute;L; he and Stavans use them as a way to question the notion of the self and to engage with artists, celebrities, technology, identity, and politics. Provocative and engaging, \u003ci\u003eI Love My Selfie\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way readers think about this unavoidable phenomenon of twenty-first-century life.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e1. Chillin'  1\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Plight of Narcissus  10\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"\u003cbr\u003eDecisive Moments\"\u003cbr\u003e  18\u003cbr\u003e 4. Out of Focus  28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Go F_ck Your Selfie: A Portfolio \/ AD\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eAacute\u003cbr\u003eL  39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Alone with Others  91\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rembrandt's Instamatic  98\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tropic Noir  113\u003cbr\u003e 8. And Then Comes Darkness  122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  129\u003cbr\u003e Index  131\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580195336472,"sku":"9780822363385","price":82.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/i-love-my-selfie-hardback-9780822363385","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}