ISBN:
058509702X
,
9780585097022
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 290 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies in rhetoric and communication
Parallel Title:
Print version Popular stories and promised lands
DDC:
306/.0973
Keywords:
Popular culture History
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20th century
;
United States
;
Mass media Social aspects
;
United States
;
Narration (Rhetoric) Social aspects
;
United States
;
Narration (Rhetoric) Psychological aspects
;
United States
;
Fans (Persons) Psychology
;
United States
;
Escape (Psychology) United States
;
United States
;
Fans (Persons) Psychology
;
Imaginary places in mass media
;
Escape (Psychology)
;
Popular culture History 20th century
;
Narration (Rhetoric) Psychological aspects
;
Narration (Rhetoric) Social aspects
;
Mass media Social aspects
;
Imaginary places in mass media
;
Popular culture History 20th century
;
Escape (Psychology)
;
Narration (Rhetoric) Social aspects
;
Narration (Rhetoric) Psychological aspects
;
Fans (Persons) Psychology
;
Mass media Social aspects
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Escape (Psychology)
;
Fans (Persons) ; Psychology
;
Imaginary places in mass media
;
Mass media ; Social aspects
;
Narration (Rhetoric) ; Psychological aspects
;
Narration (Rhetoric) ; Social aspects
;
Popular culture
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
History
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That Matter --Theoretical Development --The Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. Culture --The Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That Matter --Symbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real Journeys --Exiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony Meritocracy --Transforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-Files --Playing in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian Field --Integrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of Dreams --Conclusion: The Return Home.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That MatterTheoretical DevelopmentThe Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. CultureThe Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That MatterSymbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real JourneysExiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony MeritocracyTransforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-FilesPlaying in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian FieldIntegrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of DreamsConclusion: The Return Home.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-283) and index. - Description based on print version record
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