Indecent Liberties

by Robert Schmuhl

Book Overview

This series of eight provocative essays examines why Americans have a penchant for going to extremes in their arts, popular culture, politics, social movements, and other aspects of life. Robert Schmuhl considers historical examples (the hunting of the buffalo in the West, Prohibition, business ventures in the Gilded Age) but concentrates on contemporary subjects, including the emphasis on what shocks the audience as entertainment today, tensions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268031576
• ISBN13: 9780268031572
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"