A scathing, take-no-prisoners look at contemporary American shamelessness, from Jerry Springer to Joey Buttafuoco. Twitchell traces the disappearance of shame in family values, politics, education, the entertainment industry, and religion, arguing that this has had disastrous results for our society.
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A scathing, take-no-prisoners look at contemporary American shamelessness, from Jerry Springer to Joey Buttafuoco. Twitchell traces the disappearance of shame in family values, politics, education, the entertainment industry, and religion, arguing that this has had disastrous results for our society.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A thoughtful, insightful survey of the decline of 'shame' in American culture and society, the mores of the past having been replaced wtih pop culture, narcissism, and self-indulgence, and the consequences of it all in corroding new generations and producing destructive attitutdes towards ourselves and society. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, notes, bibliography, indexed, 244pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book Complete number line from 1 to 10; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of newspaper ads and of paintings.