The latest title in the 'Popular Culture and Philosophy' series by Open Court Publishers is now available from Amazon.com. Edited by Dylan Wittkower, this book explores the cultural cache of the iPod and the influence it has exerted as an object of desire and 'cool'.Andrew's chapter, 'iCon of a Generation' explores the operation of the iPod as a key symbolic identifier of youth and 'youth-ness'. Drawing on Baudrillard's idea of the simulacrum, Andrew charts a course for understanding the consumption of and by youth in this product saturated now.
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