Beneath the Veil of the Strange Verses: Reading Scandalous Texts

(Part of the Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture (SVMC) Series)

by Jeremiah L. Alberg

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Jeremiah Alberg's fascinating book explores a phenomenon almost every news reader has experienced: the curious tendency to skim over dispatches from war zones, political battlefields, and economic centers, only to be drawn in by headlines announcing a late-breaking scandal. Rationally we would agree that the former are of more significance and importance, but they do not pique our curiosity in quite the same way. The affective reaction to scandal...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1611860768

ISBN13:9781611860764

Release Date:January 2013

Publisher:Michigan State University Press

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Beneath the Veil of the Strange Verses: Reading Scandalous Texts

(Part of the Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture (SVMC) Series)

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