The Aesthetics of Stealth
Digital Culture, Video Games, and the Politics of Perception
$108.37
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2024
Summary
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 desire for stealth is a sociocultural response to digital media culture, due to digital technologies’ unprecedented ability to track individual behavior. He argues that stealth operates as a cross-media aesthetic that can be observed in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549783 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262549786 |
| Author: | Toni Pape |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“Pape’s in-depth analysis of video games and television shows maps the ways an aesthetic of stealth reveals techniques that offer freedom from the security apparatus.”
—Choice
“A cogent account of the algorithmic, aesthetic, and technopolitical fantasies of stealth, the perils of (im)perception and (mis)recognition, and the strategies for survival under these regimes of surveillance and subterfuge.”
—Edmond Y. Chang, Associate Professor of English, Ohio University
“The Aesthetics of Stealth offers a unique and compelling perspective on our contemporary culture. Through subtle close readings, the author shows how stealth is a defining aesthetic quality of media today.”
—Jay David Bolter, Wesley Professor of New Media, Georgia Institute of Technology
“In this spectacular book, Toni Pape shines a light on stealth as a style or mode of existence: a way of relating to the conditions of our high-tech world. This is a vital and provocative account.”
—Colin Milburn, Gary Snyder Chair in Science and the Humanities, University of California, Davis; author of Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, and Technogenic Life
About The Author
Toni Pape
Toni Pape is a cultural theorist and media scholar at the University of Amsterdam. His previous books include Figures of Time and the coauthored Nocturnal Fabulations. He is a member of the editorial boards of NECSUS- European Journal of Media Studies and the Immediations book series at Punctum Press.
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