How to be normal / Phil Christman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christman, Phil, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American essays--21st century.

American essays.

Genre:

essays.

Essays.

Physical Description:

231 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : Belt Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"Phil Christman is one of the best cultural critics working today. Or, as a reviewer of his previous book, Midwest Futures, put it, "one of the most underappreciated writers of [his] generation." You may also know Phil from his columns in Commonweal and Plough, or his viral essay "What Is It Like To Be A Man?", the latter adapted in his new book, How to Be Normal. Christman's second book includes essays on "How To Be White," "How to Be Religious," "How To Be Married," and more, in addition to new versions of the above. Find in it also brilliant analyses of middlebrow culture, bad movies, Mark Fisher, Christian fundamentalism, and more. With exquisite attention to syntax and prose, the astoundingly well-read Christman pairs a deceptively breezy style with radical openness. In his witty, original hands, seemingly "normal" subjects are rendered exceptional, and exceptionally."-- Provided by Amazon.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: How to Be Normal

How to Be a Man

How to Be White

How to Be Cultured (I) Bad Movies

How to Be Cultured (II) Middlebrow

How to Be Religious (I) Faith

How to Be Religious (II) Fundamentalism

How to Care: On Mark Fisher

How to Be Married

How to Be Midwestern

A Normal Reading List.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781953368102

1953368107

OCLC:

1246623080