The death of discourse / Ronald K.L. Collins & David M. Skover.
| Author/creator | Collins, Ronald K. L. |
| Other author | Skover, David M., 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, ©2005. |
| Description | lv, 344 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The paratroopers' paradox -- The Huxleyan crossing -- The Soma medium : its mechanics & messages -- A rearview mirror look at the First Amendment -- Wrestling with the paradox -- The First Amendment in bold relief : a "dialogue" -- Commerce & communication -- Commerce & its handmaiden : then & now -- Commercial communication & its consequences -- Commerce, communication & the constitution -- Communication & the capitalist culture -- Absolut(r) protection? : a "dialogue" -- Discourse & intercourse -- The rise of the pornographic state -- The logic of the erotic -- Body politics & the ambivalent citizenry -- War & pleasure in pornutopia -- Rubber, reason & religion in pornutopia -- Respectable stories for an unrespectable state -- How worthy a tradition? : a "dialogue" -- Deliberate lies & deliberative democracy -- The discourse of death. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-322) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004019407 |
| ISBN | 1594600295 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781594600296 |