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I wear the black hat : grappling with villains (real and imagined) / Chuck Klosterman.

Summary:

The cultural critic questions how modern people understand the concept of villainy, describing how his youthful idealism gave way to an adult sympathy with notorious cultural figures to offer insight into the appeal of anti-heroes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1439184496
  • ISBN: 143918450X
  • ISBN: 9781439184493
  • ISBN: 9781439184509
  • Physical Description: vii, 214 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What you say about his company is what you say about society -- Another thing that interests me about the Eagles is that I [am contractually obligated to] hate them -- Villains who are not villains -- Easier than typing -- Human clay -- Without a gun they can't get none -- Arrested for smoking -- Electric funeral -- "I am perplexed" [this is why, this is why, this is why they hate you] -- Crime and punishment (or lack thereof) -- Hitler is in the book -- The problem of overrated ideas.
Subject:
Villains in mass media.
Villains in popular culture.

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  • 13 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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