A Dark California: Essays on Dystopian Depictions in Popular Culture
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| Management number | 232053571 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$10.36 | Model Number | 232053571 | ||
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Focusing on portrayals of California in popular culture, this collection of new essays traces a central theme of darkness through literature (Toby Barlow, Angela Carter, Joan Didion, Thomas Pynchon, and Claire Vaye Watkins), video games (L.A. Noire), music (Death Grips, Lana Del Rey, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers), TV (True Detective and American Horror Story), and film (Starry Eyes, Southland Tales and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). Providing insight into the significance of Californian icons, the contributors explore the interplay between positive stereotypes connected to the myth of the Golden State and ambivalent responses to the myth based on social and political power, the consequences of consumerism, transformations of the landscape and the dominance of hyperreality. Read more
| ASIN | B075VXLBXR |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1476629599 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 3.8 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | McFarland |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
| Print length | 216 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | September 18, 2017 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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