Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events [Hardcover]

Ray B. Browne (Editor), Arthur B. Neal (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0879728337 | ISBN-13: 978-0879728335 | Publication Date: September 12, 2001 | Edition: 1

The essays in this collection present communities beset by unexpected social and physical events. Some outline immediate responses that soon pass and some that will not go away. Who would have foreseen that Elvis would be a phenomenon apparently as lasting as the faces on Mount Rushmore? Cultural history will not allow us to forget the H. G. Wells account of the Martian attack, nor can we ever forget the continued terror of the Chernobyl explosion. Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events catalogues on the Geiger counter of human emotions societal reactions to events both earthshaking and culture-disturbing. 

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About the Author

Ray B. Browne, co-founder of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, founded the Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, the Popular Press, the Journal of Popular Culture, and the Journal of American Culture. He has written or edited more than 60 books on various aspects of American culture.

Formerly a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at Bowling Green State University, Arthur G. Neal currently has adjunct appointments in the Department of Sociology and the Center for Population Research at Portland State University. His primary areas of expertise include social psychology, demography, the family, sociology of conflict, and American culture studies. He is the author or co-author of nearly 20 books and research monographs and numerous research articles. His recent books have focused on National Trauma and Collective Memory: Major Events in the American Century and Intimacy and Alienation: Forms of Estrangement in Female/Male Relationships. Subsequent research will focus on Extraordinary Events; Confronting a Difficult Past; the Cultural Implications of Globalization; and Myth and Myth-Making in Modern Culture.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 267 pages
• Publisher: Popular Press 1; 1 edition (September 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879728337
• ISBN-13: 978-0879728335
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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