Hedges, Chris.
Empire of illusion : the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle / Chris Hedges. - New York : Nation Books, c2009. - 232 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The illusion of literacy -- The illusion of love -- The illusion of wisdom -- The illusion of happiness -- The illusion of America.
Analyzes twenty-first-century culture and society, describing two factions--one that functions within a literate, print-based world, and another that embraces fantasy, magic, and illusion from truths--and discusses professional wrestling, pornography, the mass media, corporations, the American government, and more.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781568584379 (trade) 1568584377
2009013585
Mass media--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
Mass media--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
P92.U5 / H365 2009
302.23
Empire of illusion : the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle / Chris Hedges. - New York : Nation Books, c2009. - 232 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The illusion of literacy -- The illusion of love -- The illusion of wisdom -- The illusion of happiness -- The illusion of America.
Analyzes twenty-first-century culture and society, describing two factions--one that functions within a literate, print-based world, and another that embraces fantasy, magic, and illusion from truths--and discusses professional wrestling, pornography, the mass media, corporations, the American government, and more.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781568584379 (trade) 1568584377
2009013585
Mass media--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
Mass media--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
P92.U5 / H365 2009
302.23