Egotopia : Narcissism and the New American Landscape /

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"Metaphoridcally, the ugliness of America's great suburban sprawl is the physical manifestation of our increasing narcissism--our egotopia."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, John, 1946 March 11-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Narcisme.
Landschappen.
Narcissism > Social aspects.
Landscapes > Psychological aspects.
Landscapes.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Narcissisme > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Paysages > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Paysages > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Narcissism > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Landscapes > United States > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century.
Landscapes > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1970-
United States > Civilization > 1970-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dark satanic malls
  • The New Man: mimesis and immanence
  • The New American Landscape: ego and Egotopia
  • The myth of travel and the necessity of motion
  • The aesthetics of the New Man: Beauty R Us
  • Billboards: dominant visual modality of the New American Landscape
  • The commercialization of public space
  • The American landscape that might have been
  • The innate Philistinism of the environmental movement
  • Democracy, therapy, and the triumph of bad taste
  • Breaking the spell: The future of the New American Landscape.

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