Artificial Mythologies : A Guide to Cultural Invention.
Title:
Artificial Mythologies : A Guide to Cultural Invention.
Author:
Saper, Craig J.
ISBN:
9780816687732
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Artificial Mythologies and Invention -- 2 Mapping Television -- 3 Multiculturalism and Identity Politics in Photography and Film -- 4 Urban Decay and the Aesthetics of Social Policy -- 5 The Role of the Public Intellectual -- 6 Family Values and Media Technology -- 7 Wonder -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In this exhilarating guide, Craig J. Saper takes us on an eye-opening tour of the process of cultural invention-willfully entertaining foolish, absurd, even fake, solutions as a way of reaching new perspectives on cultural problems. Saper deploys this method to reveal unsuspected connections among major cultural issues, such as urban decay, the dangers of television's power, family values, and conservative criticism of higher education.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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