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| Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007): French postmodernist sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator, and photographer. He is the author of our text this term: Simluations. |
From Rockabillies embracing the fashions and ethos of pre-Civil Rights America to the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant capturing the "welcoming atmosphere of a Tuscan farmhouse," contemporary American pop cultlure is built from cinematic fantasies and strip mall stucco to simulate another time and place as predicted by Jean Baudrillard in his 30-year-old book Simulations (1983).
