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Symptoms of Culture
Contributor(s): Garber, Marjorie (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415918596     ISBN-13: 9780415918596
Publisher: Routledge
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1998
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Annotation: The symptoms of culture are the anxieties that underlie modern life: the instability of gender roles, the mysteries of female sexuality, the enigma of authority, the desire for greatness in ourselves and our heroes. From concerns over fake orgasms to our worries about Great Books reading lists, from wanting God on our side at sports contests to wanting Shakespeare on our side whenever we want to sound important, we are a walking case of symptoms. Assessing with wry detachment our tics and obsessions, Symptoms of Culture unpacks the questions that lie beneath our everyday uncertainties.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 306.090
LCCN: 97040995
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.25" W x 9.21" L (1.34 lbs) 286 pages
Features: Illustrated
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/13/1998 pg. 66
New York Times 06/07/1998 pg. 30
 
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The symptoms of culture are the anxieties that underlie modern life: the instability of gender roles, the mysteries of female sexuality, the enigma of authority, the desire for greatness in ourselves and our heroes. From concern over fake orgasms to our worries about Great Books reading lists, from wanting God on our side at sports contests to wanting Shakespeare on our side whenever we want to sound important, we are a walking case of symptoms. Whatever the modern illness may be, the doctor locates the symptoms in a box of Jello or in Charlotte's marvelous web, on the football field or in the bedroom, in our great Mr. Shakespeare, in our classroom or the courtroom, or in a sneeze.
 
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