Born in Flames: Termite Dreams, Dialectical Fairy Tales, and Pop Apocalypses
Item Number
PN1995.H238
Author/Artist/Editor
Howard Hampton
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2007
Press/Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
English
Description
Twenty years as an outsider scouring the underbelly of American culture has made Howard Hampton a uniquely hardnosed guide to pop darkness. Bridging the fatalistic, intensely charged space between Apocalypse Now Redux and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," his writing breaks down barriers of ignorance and arrogance that have segregated art forms from each other and from the world at large. In the freewheeling spirit of Pauline Kael, Lester Bangs, and Manny Farber, Hampton calls up the extremist, underground tendencies and archaic forces simmering beneath the surface of popular forms.
Keywords
pop culture, apocalypse
ISSN/ISBN
978-0-674-02317-8
Availability
Available
OCLC
69992582