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At Stake

Monsters and the Rhetoric of Fear in Public Culture

At Stake( )
Author: Ingebretsen, Edward
ISBN:978-0-226-38006-3
Publication Date:Nov 2001
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $99.00
Book Description:

Anyone who reads the papers or watches the evening news is all too familiar with how variations of the word monster are used to describe unthinkable acts of violence. Jeffrey Dahmer, Timothy McVeigh, and O. J. Simpson were all monsters if we are to believe the mass media. Even Bill Clinton was depicted with the term during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. But why is so much energy devoted in our culture to the making of monsters? Why are Americans so transfixed by transgression?...
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Book Details
Pages:355
Detailed Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Unexplained Phenomena
Social Science / Media Studies
Social Science / Popular Culture
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.636 x 0.917 x 0.098 Inches
Book Weight:1.408 Pounds



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