... slowly becoming known as Millennials— Mason grew up cynical and suspicious. This chapter evaluates the many messages Boyhood contains about youth and adolescence within the context of early 21st century American culture, illuminating how Linklater’s singular vision of the otherwise...

... contextual areas, so as to create both a cumulative and a synthetic portrait of American culture in the 1850s. The Achievement of T S Eliot Matthiessen The Ambassadors James H American Renaissance Matthiessen Dreiser Theodore The Golden Bowl James H James Henry Jewett Sarah Orne Lawrence D H...

... distinctive styles. This chapter presents an assessment of the Hollywood film, Stormy Weather (1943) as a supplemental discussion to those emerging from these chapters. It argues that the film unambiguously presents the vitality of the African American cultural experience in a provocative...

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... and indifference to ‘the rest’ of the world, the American viewpoint, and introduces the concepts of Saddamisation and ground zero. Finally, it describes everyday American culture as a ‘culture of fear’ and the Bushian spirit as a man hunter. The chapter also presents Cixous' reflections on America. America Kafka...

...This chapter presents a perspective from American culture and history, which may help to explain dominant American tendencies to resort to the unilateral use of force to resolve what Americans take to be demands of their national security. It draws on two studies to illustrate exactly how US...

... . Infinite Jest: A Novel . Back Bay Books, 1996 . Warren, Kenneth W.   ‘“Blackness” and the Sclerosis of African American Cultural Criticism. ’ nonsite , 28, 10 May 2019. https://nonsite.org/blackness-and-the-sclerosis-of-african-american-cultural-criticism/ . Accessed 10...

... of leisure in a period in which there was a great upheaval of cultural values. He identifies with black entertainers and African American culture as a means of theorizing his own relationship with the entertainment industry. His use of parody enables him to navigate fluidly between popular and ‘high’ culture...