The Evangelist and the Impresario Religion, Entertainment and Cultural Politics in America, 1884-1914 |
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| Author:
| Oberdeck, Kathryn J. |
| Series title: | New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-6060-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1999 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $92.99 |
Book Description:
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What is culture and who has the authority to define it? If culture is comprised of hierarchies, who determines what their standards should be, and how? What are the stakes involved in conceiving some forms of culture as good and others as bad? These may sound like questions from late-twentieth-century American culture wars, but they were already ......
What is culture and who has the authority to define it? If culture is comprised of hierarchies, who determines what their standards should be, and how? What are the stakes involved in conceiving some forms of culture as good and others as bad? These may sound like questions from late-twentieth-century American culture wars, but they were already ......