02526nam 2200601Ia 450 991045737940332120200520144314.00-8166-8773-0(CKB)1000000000347046(EBL)310383(OCoLC)299572521(SSID)ssj0000106150(PQKBManifestationID)11127395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106150(PQKBWorkID)10128816(PQKB)11680152(MiAaPQ)EBC310383(OCoLC)191934264(MdBmJHUP)muse38793(Au-PeEL)EBL310383(CaPaEBR)ebr10159593(CaONFJC)MIL522410(OCoLC)437188488(EXLCZ)99100000000034704619960426d1997 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArtificial mythologies[electronic resource] a guide to cultural invention /Craig J. Saper ; foreword by Laura KipnisMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19971 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2873-4 0-8166-2872-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Artificial Mythologies and Invention; 2 Mapping Television; 3 Multiculturalism and Identity Politics in Photography and Film; 4 Urban Decay and the Aesthetics of Social Policy; 5 The Role of the Public Intellectual; 6 Family Values and Media Technology; 7 Wonder; Notes; IndexIn this exhilarating guide, Craig J. Saper takes us on an eye-opening tour of the process of cultural invention-willfully entertaining foolish, absurd, even fake, solutions as a way of reaching new perspectives on cultural problems. Saper deploys this method to reveal unsuspected connections among major cultural issues, such as urban decay, the dangers of television's power, family values, and conservative criticism of higher education.Popular culture in literatureAestheticsElectronic books.Popular culture in literature.Aesthetics.801Saper Craig J802544MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457379403321Artificial mythologies2290931UNINA