Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0879728345 ISBN 13 : 9780879728342

Editeur : The Popular Press, 2001

Synopsis

The essays in this collection present communities beset by unexpected social and physical events. Some outline immediate responses that soon pass and some that will not go away. Who would have foreseen that Elvis would be a phenomenon apparently as lasting as the faces on Mount Rushmore? Cultural history will not allow us to forget the H. G. Wells account of the Martian attack, nor can we ever forget the continued terror of the Chernobyl explosion. Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events catalogues on the Geiger counter of human emotions societal reactions to events both earthshaking and culture-disturbing.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ray B. Browne is professor emeritus of Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. Through some sixty books and a variety of initiatives-including the founding of the Journal of Popular Culture, the Popular Culture Association, and the Popular Press itself-he has played an instrumental role in making popular culture a topic of serious inquiry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Popular Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0879728345
• ISBN 13: 9780879728342
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 267
• Éditeur: Browne Ray B., Neal Arthur G.
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