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Pop Culture and the Dark Side of the American Dream - Paul A. Cantor - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

Pop Culture and the Dark Side of the American Dream - Paul A. Cantor - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

The many con men, gangsters, and drug lords portrayed in popular culture are examples of the dark side of the American dream. Viewers are fascinated by these twisted versions of heroic American archetypes, like the self-made man and the entrepreneur. Applying the critical skills he developed as a Shakespeare scholar, Paul A. Cantor finds new depth in familiar landmarks of popular culture. He invokes Shakespearean models to show that the concept of the tragic hero can help us understand why we are both repelled by and drawn to figures such as Vito and Michael Corleone or Walter White. Beginning with Huckleberry Finn and ending with The Walking Dead , Cantor also uncovers the link between the American dream and frontier life. In imaginative variants of a Wild West setting, popular culture has served up disturbing -- and yet strangely compelling -- images of what happens when people move beyond the borders of law and order. Cantor demonstrates that, at its best, popular culture raises thoughtful questions about the validity and viability of the American dream, thus deepening our understanding of America itself.

DKK 273.00
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The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley - R. Alton Lee - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley - R. Alton Lee - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

By 1926, it seemed that John R. Brinkley''s experimental rejuvenation cure – transplanting goat glands into aging men – had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that ''Doc'' Brinkley''s medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. To most in the medical field, he was a quack; to his many patients and listeners he was a brilliant surgeon, a saviour of their lost manhood and youth. His rogue radio stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and were not only a haven for Brinkley''s lucrative quackery, but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests. Indisputably, he transformed the fields of medicine, politics, and radio broadcasting in the 20th century. The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley tells the story of the infamous ''Goat Gland Doctor'' – a controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner – and recounts his amazing rags-to-riches-to-rags career. A master manipulator and skilled con artist, Brinkley''s story was but a patchy perpetuation of myths by journalistic and personal accounts – until now. Alton Lee brings Brinkley''s infamous legacy to the forefront, exploring how he ruthlessly exploited the sexual frustrations of aging men and the general public''s antipathy toward medical doctors for his personal gain. Lee leaves no stone unturned in this account of a man who changed the course of American institutions forever.

DKK 199.00
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Make Way for Her - Katie Cortese - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

Make Way for Her - Katie Cortese - Bog - The University Press of Kentucky - Plusbog.dk

A girl afflicted with pyrokinesis tries to control her fire-starting long enough to go to a dance with a boy she likes. A woman trapped in a stalled marriage is excited by an alluring ex-con who enrolls in her YMCA cooking class. A teen accompanies her mother, a prestigious poet, to a writing conference where she navigates a misguided attraction to a married writer -- who is, in turn, attracted to her mother -- leaving her "inventing punishments for writers who believe in clichés as tired as broken hearts." In this affecting collection, Katie Cortese explores the many faces of love and desire. Featuring female narrators that range in age from five to forty, the narratives in Make Way for Her speak to the many challenges and often bittersweet rewards of offering, receiving, and returning love as imperfect human beings. The stories are united by the theme of desperate love, whether it''s a daughter''s love for a parent, a sister''s for a sibling, or a romantic love that is sometimes returned and sometimes unrequited. Cortese''s complex and multilayered stories play with the reader''s own desires and anticipations as her characters stubbornly resist the expected. The intrepid girls and women in this book are, above all, explorers. They drive classic cars from Maine to Phoenix, board airplanes for the first time, and hike dense forests in search of adventure; but what they often find is that the most treacherous landscapes lie within. As a result, Make Way for Her explores a world of women who crave knowledge and experience, not simply sex or love.

DKK 199.00
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