Crying shame : metaculture, modernity, and the exaggerated death of lament / James M. Wilce.
| Author/creator | Wilce, James MacLynn, 1953- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. |
| Description | xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- For crying out loud : what is lament anyway? -- Lament and emotion -- Antiquity, metaculture, and the control of lament -- Cultural amnesia and the objectification of lament in Bangladesh -- Modern transformations -- How shame spreads in modernity -- Crying backward : primitivist representations of lament -- Mourning becomes the electron's age : lamenting modernity(ies) -- Lament's (post)modern vertigo : floating in a deterritorialized media sea -- Lament in a postmodern world of "revivals" -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-252) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008033461 |
| ISBN | 9781405169929 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405169923 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GT3390 .W56 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |