Acculturated / edited by Naomi Schaefer Riley and Christine Rosen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riley, Naomi Schaefer.

Rosen, Christine, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and culture--United States.

Mass media and culture.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613260659

9781283260657

1283260654

9781599473857

1599473852

OCLC:

727649239