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9780231167789 | Columbia Univ Pr, April 8, 2014, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In Winnebago Nation, popular critic James B.
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9780807137611 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, March 18, 2011, cover price $23.50
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9780743292870 | 1 edition (Simon & Schuster, September 18, 2007), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: An evaluation of how religion in America has recently shifted from a matter of private choice to a heavily marketed product investigates the modern religious landscape, describing how churches are competing for members, identifying the 'business' practices of successful churches, and noting a rise in aggressive megachurches.
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9780743292887 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, June 7, 2014), cover price $20.99 | About this edition: 'Shopping For God' tells the story of how religion went from a personal matter to yet another product or service that is advertised, marketed and purchased.
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9780231137348 | Columbia Univ Pr, April 1, 2006, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: "If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at you as if you're nuts.
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9780231137355 | Columbia Univ Pr, January 1, 2008, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: "If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at you as if you're nuts.
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9780743243469 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 2004, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A social analysis of the impact of branding discusses how ordinary companies and products have become symbols of American power and had a pervasive affect on higher cultural institutions, including the church, universities, and museums.
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9780743243476, titled "Branded Nation: The Marketing Of Megachurch, College Inc., And Museumworld" | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, August 23, 2005), cover price $20.99 | About this edition: A social analysis of the impact of branding on various facets of high culture discusses how everyday companies and products have become symbols of American power, discussing how branding has had a pervasive effect on higher cultural institutions, including the church, universities, and museums.
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9780743245067 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, June 1, 2003), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Cites the evolution of luxury-based consumerism in America, seeking to define the category itself while considering luxury from a manufacturing and customer perspective and drawing conclusions on the economic impact of luxury spending.
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9780231124966 | Columbia Univ Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Cites the evolution of luxury-based consumerism in America, seeking to define the category itself while considering luxury from a manufacturing and customer perspective and drawing conclusions on the economic impact of luxury spending.
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9780609605639 | Crown Pub, March 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The author analyzes the century in advertising, focusing on the great 'campaigns,' from P.
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9780609807231 | Reprint edition (Broadway Books, December 1, 2001), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The author of Canical Culture and Adcult analyzes the century in advertising, focusing on the great campaigns, from P.
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9780231115186 | Columbia Univ Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $90.00
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9780231115193 | Columbia Univ Pr, November 1, 2000, cover price $30.00
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9780312155438 | St Martins Pr, November 1, 1997, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Offering examples of shame in various cultures, the author traces the disappearance of shame in American society, using O.
9780788194955 | Diane Pub Co, August 1, 1997, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A generation ago, outrageous Americans like Joey Buttafuoco & O.
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9780312194536 | Griffin, December 1, 1998, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Just a generation ago, outrageous Americans like Joey Buttafucco and O.
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9780231103244 | Columbia Univ Pr, November 1, 1995, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes look at the world of Madison Avenue examines how advertising has affected American society, demonstrating how the messages of advertising have become a cultural institution
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9780231103251 | Reprint edition (Columbia Univ Pr, February 1, 1997), cover price $30.00
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9780231078306 | Columbia Univ Pr, July 1, 1992, cover price $61.00 | About this edition: Examines how the expansion of mass culture is affecting American taste and argues that a persistent exploitation of vulgarity in American art will soon eliminate the line between kitsch and the fine arts
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9780231078313 | Reprint edition (Columbia Univ Pr, September 1, 1993), cover price $30.00
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9780195058871 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 1989, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Discusses the psychological attraction of make-believe violence, looks at ritualized violence, and examines the connection with adolescent anxiety
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9780822307891 | Reprint edition (Duke Univ Pr, September 1, 1987), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: In his Preface to The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature, James Twitchell writes that he is not interested in the current generation of vampires, which he finds "rude, boring and hopelessly adolescent.
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9780195035667 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 31, 1985, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Analyzes horror fiction and movies from a psychoanalytical point of view and discusses the reasons for the popularity of horror stories
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9780195050677 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 1987), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Analyzes horror fiction and movies from a psychoanalytical point of view and discusses the reasons for the popularity of horror stories
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9780231064125 | Columbia Univ Pr, December 1, 1986, cover price $84.00 | About this edition: Suggests cultural reasons for incest being a taboo, looks at the theme of incest in literature, movies, and advertising, and discusses the extent of the problem today
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9780826204110 | Univ of Missouri Pr, September 1, 1983, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: Book by Twitchell, James B.
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