Lee Drummond

Heading for the Scene of the Crash (eBook, ePUB)

The Cultural Analysis of America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

American anthropologists have long advocated cultural anthropology as a tool for cultural critique, yet seldom has that approach been employed in discussions of major events and cultural productions that impact the lives of tens of millions of Americans. This collection of essays aims to refashion cultural analysis into a hard-edged tool for the study of American society and culture, addressing topics including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, abortion, sports doping, and the Jonestown massacre-suicides. Grounded in the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, the essays advance an inquiry into the nature of culture in American society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785336485
• Artikelnr.: 49740480

Autorenporträt

Lee Drummond is an independent scholar living in southern California, where he directs the Center for Peripheral Studies. Before turning his attention to the analysis of American culture, he worked in Amerindian communities of South America and in Caribbean national societies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Jonestown: An Ethnographic Essay
Chapter 2. News Flash! Cultural Anthropology Solves Abortion Issue! Story
at Eleven! (Being a Cultural Analysis of Sigourney Weaver's Aliens
Quartet)
Chapter 3. Lance Armstrong: The Reality Show
Chapter 4. Shit Happens: An Immoralist's Take on 9/11 in Terms of
Self-Organized Criticality
Bibliography
Index