Shows about nothing : nihilism in popular culture / Thomas S. Hibbs.
2012
791.43684 H624s 2012
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Title
Shows about nothing : nihilism in popular culture / Thomas S. Hibbs.
Author
Edition
2nd rev. and expanded ed.
ISBN
9781602583788 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1602583781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1602583781 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 257 p. ; 23 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
40020528525
Call Number
791.43684 H624s 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)729574194
(OCoLC)729574194
(OCoLC)729574194
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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