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Acculturated / / edited by Naomi Schaefer Riley and Christine Rosen
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Pubblicazione: | West Conshohocken, Pa., : Templeton Press, 2011 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
Disciplina: | 302.23 |
Soggetto topico: | Mass media and culture - United States |
Popular culture - United States | |
Altri autori: |
RileyNaomi Schaefer
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction / Naomi Schaefer Riley and Christine Rosen -- Love in a Time of Reality TV. Sex, Lies, and YouTube / Kay S. Hymowitz -- Monster Mashup: How Our Culture's Heroes and Villains Have Traded Places / Tony Woodlief -- Chick Lit and the Master-Slave Dialectic / Meghan Cox Gurdon -- Lonely Hearts Online: Why I'm Glad I Didn't Meet My Husband on Match.com / Megan Basham -- In My Humble Opinion: Why Americans Still Need Advice Columnists / Margo Howard -- All the President's Friends: The Challenge of Loyalty in Politics / Pia Catton -- Smells Like Teen Spirit. An Unnatural Habitat: The Separate Lives of Adolescents / Mark Bauerlein -- The Achievement Trap: How Overparenting Undermines Character / Caitlin Flanagan -- At Your Leisure. Games People Play Together / Jonathan V. Last -- Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Why Pro Athletes Aren't Heroes / Joe Queenan -- Performance Art: The Faux Creativity of Lady Gaga / Emily Esfahani Smith -- Project Runway: The Surprising Virtues of Style / Herb London and Stacy London -- Back to Betty Crocker: Why Everyday Cooking Matters / Megan McArdle -- In Search of the Next Great American Songbook / Wilfred M. McClay -- Building a Better You. Controlling Our Bodies, Controlling Ourselves / Daniel Akst -- Public Broadcasting: The Allure of Overexposure / Rob Long -- Lessons for Life: The Virtues of Continuing Education -- / patrick allitt -- Death be not Chic / Judy Bachrach -- The American Dream, Twenty-Two Minutes at a Time / Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh -- Utopian Virtues / -- Caitrin nicol -- Never Having to Say You're Sorry: the Challenges of Forgiveness in an Age of Relativism / Chuck Colson. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Sizing up and taking down the things we read, watch, and play, this all-star team of analysts provides a series of delightsand surprises that will make you ponder anew the deep structures that inform our lives, even when we think we're off-duty."-Kyle Smith, movie critic, New York PostContemporary popular culture, from books to film to television to music to the deepest corners of the internet, has provoked a great deal of criticism, some of it well deserved. Yet for many Americans, and particularly for younger Americans, popular culture is cul |
Titolo autorizzato: | Acculturated ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-26065-4 |
9786613260659 | |
1-59947-385-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910824187303321 |
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