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Shows about nothing

nihilism in popular culture

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An edition of Shows about nothing (2011)

Shows about nothing

nihilism in popular culture

2nd rev. and expanded ed.

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xvii, 257 p. ; 23 cm

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Baylor University Press
Language
English
Pages
276

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Subjects

Culture in motion pictures, Evil in motion pictures, Nihilism (Philosophy) on television, Nihilism (Philosophy) in motion pictures, Das Böse, Pop-Kultur, Fernsehsendung, Nihilismus, Good and evil in motion pictures, Film, Motion pictures, production and direction

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Shows about nothing: nihilism in popular culture
2011, Baylor University Press
Paperback in English - 2nd rev. and expanded ed.
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Table of Contents

Nihilism, American style
The quest for evil
The negative zone : suburban familial malaise in American beauty, Revolutionary road, and Mad men
Normal nihilism as comic : Seinfeld, Trainspotting, and Pulp fiction
Romanticism and nihilism
Defense against the dark arts : from Se7en to the Dark knight and Harry Potter
God got involved : sacred quests and overcoming nihilism
Feels like the movies.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Waco, Tex

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Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/684
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.N55 H53 2011, PN1995.9.N55 H53 2012, PN1995.9.N55H53 2011

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Paperback
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xvii, 257p.
Number of pages
276

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OL25328939M
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ISBN 13
9781602583788
LCCN
2011021756
OCLC/WorldCat
729574194

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