{"product_id":"exposes-and-excess-9780812219265","title":"Exposés and Excess","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A quietly eloquent intervention in contemporary critical practice.\" * \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Tichi provides rich and nuanced readings of works by muckrakers at both ends of the twentieth century, plus a stunning cultural analysis of the booming, insecure world in the U.S., c. 1980-2000. She shows what it means to think of noncanonical texts in multiple ways, including those shaped by literary theory. Finally, she offers wonderful insights into the process by which journalists emerge as writers, and into the problematic differences between journalism and literature.\" * Daniel Horowitz, Smith College *\u003cbr\u003e\"Tichi shows us the art of muckraking narrative, and how artful it must be. She shows us, too, the state we are in as a society. The cumulative evidence constitutes a devastating critique of where we are as a culture, where we are in the world, and where we are going. Tichi writes with exuberance, but if we take her seriously, this is a profoundly troubling book.\" * Miles Orvell, Temple University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Tichi makes it clear that she sometimes becomes depressed at the corruption and insensitivity raining down from the top of U.S. society, including the White House, and would like to see more journalists exposing problems. But despite legitimate reasons for concern, her book is largely an affirmation of contemporary investigative journalism. And that's good news.\" * \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Intriguing. . . . Tichi has a firm grasp on contemporary culture in the very early and late 1900s. . . . As much contemporary culture and sociology as journalism.\" * \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. From The Jungle to Fast Food Nation: American Deja Vu\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Bulked Up, Hollowed Out: Looking Backward, Looking Forward\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Muckrakers c. 1900: Civic Passions, \"Righteous Indignation\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Muckrakers c. 2000\u003cbr\u003e —Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed:On (Not) Getting By in America\u003cbr\u003e —Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal\u003cbr\u003e —Naomi Klein, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies\u003cbr\u003e —Laurie Garrett, Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health\u003cbr\u003e —Joseph T. Hallinan, Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Tipping Point, or the Long Goodbye?\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405695164759,"sku":"9780812219265","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812219265.jpg?v=1730493306","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/exposes-and-excess-9780812219265","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}