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All ears : the aesthetics of espionage /

The world of international politics has recently been rocked by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving auditory surveillance: the NSA's warrantless wiretapping is merely the most sensational example of what appears to be a universal practice today. What is the source of this generalis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Szendy, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Edición:First edition
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The world of international politics has recently been rocked by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving auditory surveillance: the NSA's warrantless wiretapping is merely the most sensational example of what appears to be a universal practice today. What is the source of this generalised principle of eavesdropping? This work traces the long history of moles from the Bible, through Jeremy Bentham's 'panacoustic' project, all the way to the intelligence-gathering network called 'Echelon.' Together with this archeology of auditory surveillance, Szendy offers an engaging account of spycraft's representations in literature (Sophocles, Shakespeare, Joyce, Kafka, Borges), opera (Monteverdi, Mozart, Berg), and film (Lang, Hitchcock, Coppola, De Palma).
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780823273997
0823273997
9780823274000
0823274004