Awful archives
| Titel: | Awful archives : conspiracy theory, rhetoric, and acts of evidence / Jenny Rice |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2020] |
| Umfang: | x, 198 Seiten : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9780814255797 ; 0814255795 ; 9780814214350 ; 0814214355 ; 9780814277799 ; 0814277799 |
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| Bemerkung: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index
Bits in motion: on archival aura -- Prolific archives: notes from trutherworld -- Distal evidence and the power of empty archives -- Disfigurement: finding the (un)fitting response -- Writing demon archives |
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| Zusammenfassung: |
"An exploration of exaggerated cases of conspiracy theories, pseudo-science, and the paranormal, which helps to reveal why traditional modes of argument fail against archives of bad evidence. Looks at case studies such as conspiracy theories around the moon landing, UFO sightings, and Barack Obama's birth record |