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A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture
- Title
- A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture / Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman.
- Author
- Packer, Joseph, 1983-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-176 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- viii, 219 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) and index.
- Contents
- "Few defenders" : an introduction -- "No, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument -- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True Detective -- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty -- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final Fantasy VII -- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape -- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-176
- ISBN
- 9780271082356
- 0271082356
- LCCN
- 2018031497
- OCLC
- 1042098927
- Author
- Packer, Joseph, 1983- author.
- Title
- A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture / Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman.
- Publisher
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) and index.
- Added Author
- Stoneman, Ethan, author.Pennsylvania State University Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-176