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American affect in the postmodern era : a primer / Steven Carter ; foreword by Arthur J. Spring.
Van Pelt Library E169.12 .C296 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Steven, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Civilization.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social life and customs--1971-.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 125 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, [2005]
- Summary:
- How is terrorism transformed into media entertainment? What is the connection between affirmative action and narcissism? Why has pathos become an endangered-perhaps an extinct-species in the contemporary American psyche? In American Affect in the Postmodern Era: A Primer, Steven Carter addresses these and other questions that have helped to define American popular culture since the nineteen-sixties.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0761832505
- OCLC:
- 62242111
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