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The Resource The other serious : essays for the new American generation, Christy Wampole

The other serious : essays for the new American generation, Christy Wampole

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"What is this strange land in which we live? Still very much in its experimental phase, the United States is a curious place where obesity is a sign of poverty, where excess in all its forms is the first natural reflex, and where Total Irony has become the handiest reply to the disheartening combo of reveling oligarchs, brain-free media, and political chaos. As Jefferson Airplane put it, ours is a country "where logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead." The Other Serious: American Essays contains a motley assortment of reflections on the United States as anomaly. Among the many maneuvers in this collection are: A close reading of the light-obsessed "Star-Spangled Banner" alongside the gory French national anthem; an analysis of Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" (1986) as a cryptofeminist fantasy; various forms of praise for oldness, dirt, and boring things; a eulogy for the messy humanity in Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991); and reflections on awkwardness, distraction, the North-South divide, the legacy ofthe Enlightenment in America, and Apple's goal to make its products totally invisible. Above all, this assemblage of essays proposes a framework for approaching life in our muddled nation with a joyful seriousness"--
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 243 p.
Contents
  • Introduction: A Heavy Life or a Light One
  • The Glare of the Enlightenment
  • The Great American Irony Binge
  • The Patina of Things
  • On Distraction
  • The Emotive Spectacle
  • Intergenerational Conversation
  • Toward A Sterile Future
  • Southern Niceness
  • On Awkwardness
  • Treat Your Country Like Your Child, Not Your Parent
  • The Metaphor of Masking Tape
  • You Have No Power Over Me
  • The Bad Serious
  • The Other Serious
  • Postscript: The Lightness of the Ladybug
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9780062320353
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The other serious : essays for the new American generation
Title
The other serious
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essays for the new American generation
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Christy Wampole
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Essays for the new American generation
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Language
eng
Summary
"What is this strange land in which we live? Still very much in its experimental phase, the United States is a curious place where obesity is a sign of poverty, where excess in all its forms is the first natural reflex, and where Total Irony has become the handiest reply to the disheartening combo of reveling oligarchs, brain-free media, and political chaos. As Jefferson Airplane put it, ours is a country "where logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead." The Other Serious: American Essays contains a motley assortment of reflections on the United States as anomaly. Among the many maneuvers in this collection are: A close reading of the light-obsessed "Star-Spangled Banner" alongside the gory French national anthem; an analysis of Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" (1986) as a cryptofeminist fantasy; various forms of praise for oldness, dirt, and boring things; a eulogy for the messy humanity in Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991); and reflections on awkwardness, distraction, the North-South divide, the legacy ofthe Enlightenment in America, and Apple's goal to make its products totally invisible. Above all, this assemblage of essays proposes a framework for approaching life in our muddled nation with a joyful seriousness"--
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1977-
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Wampole, Christy
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973.93
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non fiction
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  • United States
  • Social values
  • United States
  • LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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The other serious : essays for the new American generation, Christy Wampole
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Publication
Contents
Introduction: A Heavy Life or a Light One -- The Glare of the Enlightenment -- The Great American Irony Binge -- The Patina of Things -- On Distraction -- The Emotive Spectacle -- Intergenerational Conversation -- Toward A Sterile Future -- Southern Niceness -- On Awkwardness -- Treat Your Country Like Your Child, Not Your Parent -- The Metaphor of Masking Tape -- You Have No Power Over Me -- The Bad Serious -- The Other Serious -- Postscript: The Lightness of the Ladybug
Control code
BK0015846062
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 243 p.
Isbn
9780062320353
Lccn
2014042027
Label
The other serious : essays for the new American generation, Christy Wampole
Publication
Contents
Introduction: A Heavy Life or a Light One -- The Glare of the Enlightenment -- The Great American Irony Binge -- The Patina of Things -- On Distraction -- The Emotive Spectacle -- Intergenerational Conversation -- Toward A Sterile Future -- Southern Niceness -- On Awkwardness -- Treat Your Country Like Your Child, Not Your Parent -- The Metaphor of Masking Tape -- You Have No Power Over Me -- The Bad Serious -- The Other Serious -- Postscript: The Lightness of the Ladybug
Control code
BK0015846062
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 243 p.
Isbn
9780062320353
Lccn
2014042027

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