From the earliest days of the art form, when multiple exposures provided 'evidence' of the spirit world, to computer-enhanced digital doctoring, photography has been fertile ground for fakery. This book examines the history of all types of photographic fakery. The author, former…
The author "exposes the latest doublespeak that permeates what passes for communication in our society."--Jacket.
The author "exposes the latest doublespeak that permeates what passes for communication in our society."--Jacket.
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Noted social scientist Eviatar Zerubavel casts a critical eye on how we trace our past-individually and collectively arguing that rather than simply find out who our ancestors are from genetics or history, we actually create the stories that make them our ancestors.
