Conspiracy Culture - From Kennedy to The X Files

Conspiracy Culture investigates conspiracy theories in contemporary American culture, asking why conspiracy narratives are so popular and so ubiquitous, and relates conspiracy culture to postmodernity and millennial anxieties.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction: Conspiracy/Theory 1.Conpiracy/Culture 2.Plotting the Kennedy Assassination 3.The Problem with No Name: Feminism and the Figuration of Conspiracy 4.Fear of a Black Planet: Black Paranoia and the Aesthetics of Conspiracy 5.Body Panic 6.Everything Is Connected Afterword

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Peter Knight is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester.

Zusammenfassung

Conspiracy Culture investigates conspiracy theories in contemporary American culture, asking why conspiracy narratives are so popular and so ubiquitous, and relates conspiracy culture to postmodernity and millennial anxieties.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Knight
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780415189774
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18977-4
• Seiten: 300
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Gewicht: 562 g
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Allgemeines, Lexika