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Boob jubilee : the cultural politics of the new economy

Author: Thomas Frank; David Mulcahey
Publisher: New York : Norton, ©2003.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Salvos of sane and humorous dissent against the church of the almight market, by writers from The baffler"--Cover.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Frank; David Mulcahey
ISBN: 0393057771 9780393057775 0393324303 9780393324303
OCLC Number: 51900597
Notes: Contains articles from The baffler.
Includes index.
Description: xi, 404 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Studs Terkel --
1. This Car Climbed Mount Nasdaq / Thomas Frank, Greg Lane, David Mulcahey and Emily Vogt --
2. The God That Sucked / Thomas Frank --
3. Successitudes / David Mulcahey --
4. Give the Millionaire a Drink / Mike Newirth --
5. American Heartworm / Ben Metcalf --
6. A Partial History of Alarms / Nelson Smith --
7. Bring Us Your Chained and Huddled Masses / Christian Parenti --
8. Death Travels West / Mike Newirth --
9. I, Faker / Paul Maliszewski --
10. Cold Warrior in a Cold Country / Clive Thompson --
11. A Sell-Out's Tale / Bryant Urstadt --
12. The Eyes of Spiro Are Upon You / Chris Lehmann --
13. Babbitt Rex / Thomas Frank --
14. Zoned Bohemian / Mike Newirth --
15. McSploitation / Jim Arndorfer --
16. Rockerdammerung / Mike O'Flaherty --
17. The Brand Called Shmoo / Dan Raeburn --
18. I'd Like to Force the World to Sing / Joshua Glenn --
19. Dreams Incorporated / Matt Roth --
20. Three Scenes from a Bull Market / J. W. Mason --
21. Ursus Wallstreetus / Doug Henwood --
22. Boom Crash Opera / Chris Lehmann --
23. When Class Disappears / Thomas Frank --
24. The Intern Economy and the Culture Trust / Jim Frederick --
25. Chapters of Eleven / Kim Phillips-Fein --
26. Dilbert and Me / Tom Vanderbilt --
27. Us Against Them in the Me Decade / Christian Parenti --
28. Birchismo / Dan Kelly --
29. Paradise Shot to Hell / Jeff Sharlet --
30. Modernism as Kitsch / Daniel Lazare --
31. The Poetry of Commerce / Minou Roufail --
32. The Earl Butz Farm / Michael Martone
Other Titles: Baffler.
Responsibility: edited by Thomas Frank and David Mulcahey.
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