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The Perfect Machine

TV in the Nuclear Age

by (author) Joyce Nelson

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Oct 1992
Category
Television & Video
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919946859
    Publish Date
    Oct 1992
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

In The Perfect Machine Nelson explores the hidden and bizarre roots of a medium that has assumed extraordinary, institutionalized power over our daily lives.

About the author

Born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1945, Joyce Nelson now lives in Victoria, B.C. She is a cultural critic as well as a poet and is the author of many books of non-fiction.

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Editorial Reviews

Nelson's book is particularly valuable in that it crosses our fading national border with the ease of television itself. To her credit, Nelson has the courage to take the feminist view of technology to its logical conclusion.

The Globe and Mail