American vulgar : the politics of manipulation versus the culture of awareness

Grudin, Robert (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 1593761023
ISBN: 9781593761028
Physical Description: print
xi, 196 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Emeryville, CA : Shoemaker and Hoard : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2006.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-188) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: A war and a killing -- The domains of vulgarity -- Waste and wisdom -- Polite vulgarity : American complacency and its suppliers -- Vulgarity, Inc.; vulgarity.com -- Vulgarity and nature -- A footnote on vulgarity and crime -- Introduction: Consciousness as liberation -- Homer and the birth of consciousness -- The education of the vulgar -- Vulgarity and consciousness in the novel -- The nature of social consciousness -- The conscious life -- Conclusion: The heart of the labyrinth -- Postscript.

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Subject:

Vulgarity Social aspects United States
Mass media Social aspects United States
Popular culture United States
Political culture United States
Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) Social aspects
Consciousness Social aspects
Awareness Social aspects
Social psychology United States

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