Phony Culture

Phony Culture
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 0879726687
ISBN-13 : 9780879726683
Rating : 4/5 (683 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Phony Culture by : James E. Combs

Download or read book Phony Culture written by James E. Combs and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questioning why Americans remain uneasy at the End of History, contends that we are blighted by the construction of a phony culture dominated by the value of the confidence man, and demonstrates America's transformation into this culture of artifice, where the practices of confidence tend to make everything and everybody into a phony. The author explores the various dimensions of American cultural phoniness, ranging over phony language, phony people, phony places and things, phony events, phony deals, and phony politics. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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