Carnival Culture: The Trashing of Taste in America (Revised)

Contributor(s): Twitchell, James B (Author)

ISBN: 9780231078313

Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Paperback

$32.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$44.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$43.75 (100+ copies: $43.00)

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$32.00

Pub Date: October 14, 1993

Dewey: 302.23

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.67" H x 8.96" L x 6.04" W ( 0.96 lbs) 306 pages

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Description:

A lively tour de force through the litter of American culture and its level of quality in publishing, television, and the movies.

Review Quotes: [Twitchell cites] numerous examples of crassness, inanity and sheer disregard for the idea of quality in publishing, television, and the movies.... A veritable catalogue of vulgarity.-- "New York Times Book Review"

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