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The depth of shallow culture : the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys / Albert J....

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The depth of shallow culture : the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys / Albert J....

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The depth of shallow culture : the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys / Albert J. Bergesen.

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The depth of shallow culture : the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys / Albert J. Bergesen.

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Publisher

Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2006.

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N306.0973/ 93

Record Identifier

74VKKO5bzyJd

MMS ID

991021827559702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

vii, 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Introduction : the depth of shallow culture -- The baroque sneaker : how the history of the tennis shoe recapitulates Giorgio Vasari's Life cycle of art styles -- Rambo and Don Quixote : cultural icons of national decline -- A sociology of monsters : making mythical creatures in the United States an...

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Publisher

Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2006.

Place of Publication

Colorado

Date Published

c2006.

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The depth of shallow culture : the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys / Albert J. Bergesen.

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Notes

General note

Studies in comparative social science.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122) and index.

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Date Copyright

c2006.

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Call Numbers

N306.0973/ 93

Record Identifier

74VKKO5bzyJd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKO5bzyJd

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ISBN

1594512736 (hc)

9781594512735 (hc)

DDC

306.0973

MMS ID

991021827559702626

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