Pop culture and the dark side of the American dream : con men, gangsters, drug lords, and zombies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]
Subjects:	Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century. Popular culture > United States > History > 21st century. National characteristics, American. United States > Civilization > 1945- American Dream.

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.