American Studies |
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| Author:
| Chappell, Chris Blake |
| ISBN: | 978-1-364-78264-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Blurb
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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"...life is unfair."- J.F.K.Through the lens of Chris Blake Chappell, America reveals itself as an oasis, a succubus, a glimmering whore of a mother feeding her children with wonder, while money changes hands and dreams are deferred. Harried socialites, automobiles in human form, and a danse macabre of one-percenters and barely-renters populate the rarefied mundanity that is our national consciousness. A favored, cynical, and immensely privileged point of view, such is the brush that...
More Description"...life is unfair."- J.F.K.Through the lens of Chris Blake Chappell, America reveals itself as an oasis, a succubus, a glimmering whore of a mother feeding her children with wonder, while money changes hands and dreams are deferred. Harried socialites, automobiles in human form, and a danse macabre of one-percenters and barely-renters populate the rarefied mundanity that is our national consciousness. A favored, cynical, and immensely privileged point of view, such is the brush that paints each vignette of Chappell's Americana, in seasons of feast and famine, with the staccatic ebb and flow of a stock ticker. Déjà vu is imminent.