Prison Area, Independence Valley American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture - Kroes, Rob.; Project Muse. (Dartmouth College Press, 2015)
The George W. Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.; United States -- Civilization -- 21st century; Popular culture -- United States; Political culture -- United States; Electronic books