Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies / / Paul A. Cantor.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lexington, Kentucky : : University Press of Kentucky,, [2019] 2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Aristocracy in America: Huckleberry Finn and the democratic art of imposture
- The talented Mr. Dukenfield: W. C. Fields and the American dream
- "I believe in America": the Godfather films and the immigrant's tragedy
- The Macbeth of meth: Breaking bad and the tragedy of Walter White
- The apocalyptic strain in popular culture: the American nightmare becomes the American dream.