American mythologies : semiological sketches / / Manuel Pena

• Autore: PenÌa Manuel H. <1942-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Disciplina: 973
• Soggetto topico: Semiotics - United States; Popular culture - United States; National characteristics, American
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization; United States History Errors, inventions, etc
• Note generali: First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: American mythologies -- Bright toy trucks -- The international community -- Corrupt union bosses -- Wal-mart's associates -- From rags to riches -- Obama's death panels -- Puff Daddy's tuxedo -- Egypt in Las Vegas -- The Alamo as shrine -- Manufactured natural -- Designing intelligence.
• Sommario/riassunto: Grounded in a semiological approach, which explores the displacement of information and the transformation of signs that characterise mythic communication, this book sheds light on the socio-economic, gendered, national and racial interests that lie behind myth-making. Presenting rich case studies from popular culture and public discourse, it demonstrates the manner in which these myths, and American mythology in general, promote the core values of everyday life under capitalism: rugged individualism, the unfettered right to accumulate wealth, the superior moral character of free-enterprise de
• Titolo autorizzato: American mythologies
• ISBN: 1-4094-9540-X; 1-317-18229-4; 1-315-56668-0; 1-317-18228-6; 1-280-57065-2; 9786613600257; 1-4094-4275-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825415403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II