Actions for Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies / Paul A. Cantor

Author
Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945-2022
Published
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Contents
Aristocracy in America: Huckleberry Finn and the democratic art of imposture -- The talented Mr. Dukenfield: W.C. Fields and the American dream -- "I believe in America": the Godfather films and the immigrant's tragedy -- The Macbeth of meth: Breaking bad and the tragedy of Walter White -- The apocalyptic strain in popular culture: the American nightmare becomes the American dream.
Summary
What is the American dream, and why has it proven so elusive for many people? By examining popular culture's portrayal of the dark side of the American dream, this text seeks to answer these questions.
Subject(s)
Genre(s)
ISBN
9780813177328 (electronic bk.)
0813177324 (electronic bk.)
9780813177304
0813177308
9780813177335 (epub)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
View MARC record | catkey: 42869062