Pretend We're Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture
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In Pretend We're Dead , Annalee Newitz argues that the slimy zombies and gore-soaked murderers who have stormed through American film and literature over the past century embody the violent contradictions of capitalism. Ravaged by overwork, alienated by corporate conformity, and mutilated by the unfettered lust for profit, fictional monsters act out the problems with an economic system that seems designed to eat people whole. Newitz looks at representations...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822337452
ISBN13:9780822337454
Release Date:July 2006
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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