Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink

Item Number

NX180.S6D48

Author/Artist/Editor

Mark Dery

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2000

Press/Publisher

Grove Press

Language

English

Description

Mark Dery elucidates the meaning to our madness, desconstructing American culture from mainstream forces like Disney and Nike to fringe phenomena like the Unabomber and alien invaders. Our milennial angst, he argues, is a product of a pervasive culturla anxiety--a combination of the social and economic upheaval wrought by global capitalism and the paranoia fanned by media sensationalism. 

Keywords

American Culture

ISSN/ISBN

0-8021-3670-2

Availability

Available

OCLC

162144453