Avoiding politics : how Americans produce apathy in everyday life / Nina Eliasoph.
Avoiding politics : how Americans produce apathy in everyday life / Nina Eliasoph.
Avoiding politics : how Americans produce apathy in everyday life / Nina Eliasoph.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N306.20973/5
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English
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x, 330 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The mysterious shrinking circle of concern -- 2. Volunteers trying to make sense of the world -- 3. "Close to home" and "for the children": trying really hard not to care -- 4. Humor, nostalgia, and commercial culture in the postmodern public sphere -- 5. Creating ignorance and memorizing facts:...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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Nina Eliasoph's vivid portrait of American civic life reveals an intriguing culture of political avoidance. Open-ended political conversation among ordinary citizens is said to be the fount of democracy, but many Americans try hard to avoid appearing to care about politics. To discover how, where, and why Americans create this culture of avoidance,...
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Avoiding politics : how Americans produce apathy in everyday life / Nina Eliasoph.
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Cambridge cultural social studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-319) and index.
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N306.20973/5
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74VM4gKKPpll
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052158759X (pb)
9780521582933 (hb)
0521582938 (hb)
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306.20973
323.0420973
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991001475659702626
