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"Sizing up and taking down the things we read, watch, and play, this all-star team of analysts provides a series of delightsand surprises that will make you ponder anew the deep structures that inform our lives, even when we think we're off-duty."--Kyle Smith, movie critic, New York P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Riley, Naomi Schaefer, Rosen, Christine, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Naomi Schaefer Riley and Christine Rosen
  • Love in a Time of Reality TV. Sex, Lies, and YouTube / Kay S. Hymowitz
  • Monster Mashup: How Our Culture's Heroes and Villains Have Traded Places / Tony Woodlief
  • Chick Lit and the Master-Slave Dialectic / Meghan Cox Gurdon
  • Lonely Hearts Online: Why I'm Glad I Didn't Meet My Husband on Match.com / Megan Basham
  • In My Humble Opinion: Why Americans Still Need Advice Columnists / Margo Howard
  • All the President's Friends: The Challenge of Loyalty in Politics / Pia Catton
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit. An Unnatural Habitat: The Separate Lives of Adolescents / Mark Bauerlein
  • The Achievement Trap: How Overparenting Undermines Character / Caitlin Flanagan
  • At Your Leisure. Games People Play Together / Jonathan V. Last
  • Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Why Pro Athletes Aren't Heroes / Joe Queenan
  • Performance Art: The Faux Creativity of Lady Gaga / Emily Esfahani Smith
  • Project Runway: The Surprising Virtues of Style / Herb London and Stacy London
  • Back to Betty Crocker: Why Everyday Cooking Matters / Megan McArdle
  • In Search of the Next Great American Songbook / Wilfred M. McClay
  • Building a Better You. Controlling Our Bodies, Controlling Ourselves / Daniel Akst
  • Public Broadcasting: The Allure of Overexposure / Rob Long
  • Lessons for Life: The Virtues of Continuing Education
  • / patrick allitt
  • Death be not Chic / Judy Bachrach
  • The American Dream, Twenty-Two Minutes at a Time / Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh
  • Utopian Virtues /
  • Caitrin nicol
  • Never Having to Say You're Sorry: the Challenges of Forgiveness in an Age of Relativism / Chuck Colson.