Public Culture

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Public Culture

Author	: Marguerite S. Shaffer
File Size	: 51,5 Mb
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 06 August 2008
ISBN	: 0812240812
Pages	: 404 pages

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Public Culture by Marguerite S. Shaffer Book PDF Summary

From medicine shows to the Internet, from the Los Angeles Plaza to the Las Vegas Strip, from the commemoration of the Oklahoma City bombing to television programming after 9/11, scholars examine issues of democracy, diversity, identity, community, citizenship, and belonging through the lens of American popular culture.

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