Drone Cultures
from surveillance and warfare to literature and art
$47.00
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2026
Summary
Drone Cultures: Reimagining the Aerial Eye
The drone is an object of contradiction. On the one hand, it is a tool of dominance, destruction and death while on the other, as this book shows, it is a tool for education, creativity and entertainment.
Encouraging us to think more critically about the figure of the drone, we begin by tracing the rise of drone warfare in the twenty-first century during the Bush administration, before touching on topics such as iss…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350530454 |
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| ISBN-10: | 135053045X |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures |
| Author: | John Muthyala |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
Drones are everywhere in contemporary life and with these new perspectives there has been a dramatic change in visual culture from warfare to entertainment. Drone Cultures analyzes this fast-moving phenomenon from every conceivable angle. Muthyala’s timely critique examines these devices, their myriad uses, and their cultural imaginaries while cracking wide open the aporia between the drone’s entanglement with ‘dominance, destruction, and death’ and ‘creativity, research, and education.’ – James E. Dobson, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, Dartmouth College, USA. Author of ‘The Birth of Computer Vision’
About The Author
John Muthyala
John Muthyala is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Southern Maine, USA.
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