" . . . acute look at the state of contemporary culture . . . A humorous . . . book, it yields rewarding advice for our perception of reality and fiction." -Back Stage / Shoot "Mellencamp's ease of movement between the conceptual and the commonplace is the great strength of this work. . . . High Anxiety is an invaluable contribution to the cultural studies debate . . . " -Art + Text Written with wit and flair, High Anxiety is a critique of the temporality of U.S. television, a narrative journey between Freud's texts on ...
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" . . . acute look at the state of contemporary culture . . . A humorous . . . book, it yields rewarding advice for our perception of reality and fiction." -Back Stage / Shoot "Mellencamp's ease of movement between the conceptual and the commonplace is the great strength of this work. . . . High Anxiety is an invaluable contribution to the cultural studies debate . . . " -Art + Text Written with wit and flair, High Anxiety is a critique of the temporality of U.S. television, a narrative journey between Freud's texts on obsession and the cult of anxiety pervading contemporary culture. Operation Desert Storm, I Love Lucy, Anita Hill, Twin Peaks, and Oprah are a few of the subjects which form this "anxious" mosaic of popular culture.
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Add this copy of High Anxiety: Catastrophe, Scandal, Age, and Comedy to cart. $5.75, good condition, Sold by Books N Stuff rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from OPELIKA, AL, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Indiana University Press.
Add this copy of High Anxiety: Catastophe, Scandal, Age & Comedy to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by Lorrin Wong Bookseller rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
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Light edgewear otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good+ paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). Television acts as the ulitmate homogenizer and democratizer. It is independent of nationality, time zone and level of content, illustrated.
Add this copy of High Anxiety: Catastrophe, Scandal, Age, and Comedy to cart. $28.46, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1992 by Indiana University Press.
