Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary CultureIndiana University Press, 12 may 2008 - 428 páginas Self reinvention has become a preoccupation of contemporary culture. In the last decade, Hollywood made a 500-million-dollar bet on this idea with movies such as Multiplicity, Fight Club, eXistenZ, and Catch Me If You Can. Self reinvention marks the careers of Madonna, Ani DiFranco, Martha Stewart, and Robin Williams. The Nike ads of LeBron James, the experiments of New Age spirituality, the mores of contemporary teen culture, and the obsession with "extreme makeovers" are all examples of our culture's fixation with change. In a time marked by plenitude, transformation is one of the few things these parties have in common. |
Índice
Section 1 SelfTransformation in a Popular Culture | 1 |
Section 2 Traditional Transformations | 35 |
Section 3 Status Transformations | 55 |
Section 4 Modern Transformations | 85 |
Section 5 Postmodern Transformations | 111 |
Conclusion | 293 |
The Argument in Brief | 305 |
Notes | 307 |
Entertainment is Dead Long Live Transformation | xi |
Introduction | xix |
Section 1 SelfTransformation in a Popular Culture | 1 |
Section 2 Traditional Transformations | 35 |
Section 3 Status Transformations | 55 |
Section 4 Modern Transformations | 85 |
Section 5 Postmodern Transformations | 111 |
Conclusion | 293 |
Acknowledgments | 403 |
Index | 407 |
Back cover | 437 |
Contents | vii |
Sightings | ix |
The Argument in Brief | 305 |
Notes | 307 |
Acknowledgments | 403 |
407 | |
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Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture Grant David McCracken Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |