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Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945- author.

Title Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies / Paul A. Cantor.

Publication Info.	Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]
	2019

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (219 pages)
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	computer c rdamedia
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Aristocracy in America: Huckleberry Finn and the democratic art of imposture -- The talented Mr. Dukenfield: W. C. Fields and the American dream -- "I believe in America": the Godfather films and the immigrant's tragedy -- The Macbeth of meth: Breaking bad and the tragedy of Walter White -- The apocalyptic strain in popular culture: the American nightmare becomes the American dream.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
	National characteristics, American.
	American Dream.
	United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945- Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, c2019 219 pages 9780813177304 (DLC) 2018056746
ISBN	9780813177304
	9780813177328 (electronic bk.)
	9780813177335 (electronic bk.)