| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
329 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Education. The postmodern schoolhouse -- The question of our speech: the return to aural culture -- Writing down together -- The erosion of the social sciences -- The saving minutes -- Circling the squires -- pt. 2. Arts & sciences. Last night at the planetarium -- Voodoo science -- I'll take my stand: a defense of popular culture -- The last taboo -- What to do about the arts -- pt. 3. The media. "But first, a word from our sponsor": advertising and the carnivalization of culture -- Homo virtualis -- The facts of fiction and the fiction of facts -- pt. 4. Public life -- Egalitarianism and diversity -- Kitsch religion -- America's fantasy urbanism: the waxing of the mall and the waning of civility -- The trivialization of tragedy -- "I feel good to be a black male" -- pt. 5. Private life. Cooking dumb, eating dumb -- What's the story? -- Does sex still exist? |
| Subject |
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular culture. |
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History. |
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Arts and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Arts and society. |
| Added Author |
Washburn, Katharine.
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Thornton, John F., 1942-
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Simon, John, 1925-2019.
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| ISBN |
0393038297 |
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