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050 00 a| E169.12b| .D85 1996;

082 00 a| 306/.0973/090492| 20;

245 00 a| Dumbing down :b| essays on the strip mining of American culture /c| edited by Katharine Washburn and John F. Thornton ; introduction by John Simon.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 329 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Pt. 1. Education. The postmodern schoolhouse -- The question of our speech: the return to aural culture -- Writing down together -- The erosion of the social sciences -- The saving minutes -- Circling the squires -- Pt. 2. Arts & sciences. Last night at the planetarium -- Voodoo science -- I'll take my stand: a defense of popular culture -- The last taboo -- What to do about the arts -- Pt. 3. The media. "But first, a word from our sponsor": advertising and the carnivalization of culture -- Homo virtualis -- The facts of fiction and the fiction of facts -- pt. 4. Public life -- Egalitarianism and diversity -- Kitsch religion -- America's fantasy urbanism: the waxing of the mall and the waning of civility -- The trivialization of tragedy -- "I feel good to be a black male" -- Pt. 5. Private life. Cooking dumb, eating dumb -- What's the story? -- Does sex still exist?;

651 0 a| United Statesx| Intellectual lifey| 20th century.=| ^A21579;

700 1 a| Washburn, Katharine.=| ^A377700;

700 1 a| Thornton, John F.,d| 1942-=| ^A377701;

700 1 a| Simon, John,d| 1925-2019=| ^A76494;

596 a| 1;

998 a| 598126;

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Dumbing down : essays on the strip mining of American culture / edited by Katharine Washburn and John F. Thornton ; introduction by John Simon.

Other author	Washburn, Katharine.
Other author	Thornton, John F., 1942-
Other author	Simon, John, 1925-2019
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : W.W. Norton, ©1996.
Description	329 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Popular culture--United States. --History. --20th century. Arts and society--United States. --History. --20th century. United States--Intellectual life. --20th century.

Contents	Pt. 1. Education. The postmodern schoolhouse -- The question of our speech: the return to aural culture -- Writing down together -- The erosion of the social sciences -- The saving minutes -- Circling the squires -- Pt. 2. Arts & sciences. Last night at the planetarium -- Voodoo science -- I'll take my stand: a defense of popular culture -- The last taboo -- What to do about the arts -- Pt. 3. The media. "But first, a word from our sponsor": advertising and the carnivalization of culture -- Homo virtualis -- The facts of fiction and the fiction of facts -- pt. 4. Public life -- Egalitarianism and diversity -- Kitsch religion -- America's fantasy urbanism: the waxing of the mall and the waning of civility -- The trivialization of tragedy -- "I feel good to be a black male" -- Pt. 5. Private life. Cooking dumb, eating dumb -- What's the story? -- Does sex still exist?
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	95025469
ISBN	0393038297

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