| Description |
xvii, 194 p. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Naomi Schaefer Riley and Christine Rosen -- Love in a Time of Reality TV. Sex, Lies, and YouTube / Kay S. Hymowitz -- Monster Mashup: How Our Culture's Heroes and Villains Have Traded Places / Tony Woodlief -- Chick Lit and the Master-Slave Dialectic / Meghan Cox Gurdon -- Lonely Hearts Online: Why I'm Glad I Didn't Meet My Husband on Match.com / Megan Basham -- In My Humble Opinion: Why Americans Still Need Advice Columnists / Margo Howard -- All the President's Friends: The Challenge of Loyalty in Politics / Pia Catton -- Smells Like Teen Spirit. An Unnatural Habitat: The Separate Lives of Adolescents / Mark Bauerlein -- The Achievement Trap: How Overparenting Undermines Character / Caitlin Flanagan -- At Your Leisure. Games People Play Together / Jonathan V. Last -- Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Why Pro Athletes Aren't Heroes / Joe Queenan -- Performance Art: The Faux Creativity of Lady Gaga / Emily Esfahani Smith -- Project Runway: The Surprising Virtues of Style / Herb London and Stacy London -- Back to Betty Crocker: Why Everyday Cooking Matters / Megan McArdle -- In Search of the Next Great American Songbook / Wilfred M. McClay -- Building a Better You. Controlling Our Bodies, Controlling Ourselves / Daniel Akst -- Public Broadcasting: The Allure of Overexposure / Rob Long -- Lessons for Life: The Virtues of Continuing Education -- / patrick allitt -- Death be not Chic / Judy Bachrach -- The American Dream, Twenty-Two Minutes at a Time / Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh -- Utopian Virtues / -- Caitrin nicol -- Never Having to Say You're Sorry: the Challenges of Forgiveness in an Age of Relativism / Chuck Colson. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Mass media and culture -- United States.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Riley, Naomi Schaefer.
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Rosen, Christine, 1973-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781599473727 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1599473720 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781599473857 (electronic bk.) |
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