Heading for the Scene of the Crash : The Cultural Analysis of America /
Drummond, Lee
Heading for the Scene of the Crash : The Cultural Analysis of America / Lee Drummond. - 1 online resource (198 p.) - Loose Can(n)ons ; 3 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figure -- 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
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781785336478 9781785336485
10.1515/9781785336485 doi
Ethnology--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Theory and Methodology, Cultural Studies (General).
E169.12
973.92
Heading for the Scene of the Crash : The Cultural Analysis of America / Lee Drummond. - 1 online resource (198 p.) - Loose Can(n)ons ; 3 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figure -- 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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781785336478 9781785336485
10.1515/9781785336485 doi
Ethnology--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Theory and Methodology, Cultural Studies (General).
E169.12
973.92