Letters, postcards, email
Subtitle: technologies of presence
By: by Esther Milne.
Series: Routledge research in cultural and media studies -- 24
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415993289
Subjects: Letter writing -- Psychological aspects -- English-speaking countries; Written communication -- Psychological -- English-speaking countries; English letters -- History and criticism; Communication and technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "The conscious presence of a central intellect" : British postal history; title: "The simple transcripts of natural feeling" : signifiers of presence in epistolary practice; title: "The ghosts of all my impertinent letters" : presence in crisis; title: "The self-conscious air of the reproduced" : postcard history; title: "A photo of the ship that I am now on" : signifiers of presence, intimacy and privacy in postcard correspondence; title: A brief history of electronic mail; title: "In my sickness" : constructing presence on the cybermind discussion group; title: Conclusion.