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- ISBN-13
- 9781433126796
- Book Title
- Gonzo Text
- ISBN
- 9781433126796
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Gonzo Text : Disentangling Meaning in Hunter S. Thompson's Journalism
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publisher
- Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
- Subject
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Journalism, American / General, Anthropology / General
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Series
- Media and Culture Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Features
- New Edition
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Item Weight
- 14.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 199 Pages
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Hunter Thompson's writing is widely read and studied, yet as a methodology and body of work his Gonzo journalism has not been the subject of much critical or theoretical examination. This book fills the gap by constructing a coherent theoretical framework around Gonzo journalism. Drawing on theories of subjectivity and authorship from Derrida, Foucault and Barthes, key themes of Gonzo journalism are considered, including edgework, representations of drug use, ideas of professional objectivity in political journalism, sports in American culture and 'the death of the American Dream'. It is considered in wider social, political and historical contexts and in terms of boundaries of reportable experience and of objectivity and/or journalism. Matthew Winston's study provides a critical commentary and a theoretical exploration of how Gonzo can be read as destabilising conventional ideas of journalism itself, in its peculiarly unclassifiable nature. This book is designed to be read by postgraduates and scholars in journalism, cultural studies and media and communication. It is also suitable as an undergraduate text dealing with journalism theory, literary journalism, sports journalism, the New Journalism and the wider historical contexts of American journalism.
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Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-10
1433126796
ISBN-13
9781433126796
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Publication Name
Gonzo Text : Disentangling Meaning in Hunter S. Thompson's Journalism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Subject
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Journalism, American / General, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2014
Series
Media and Culture Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Number of Pages
199 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2014-009387
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number
11
Number of Volumes
0 Vols.
Lc Classification Number
Pn4874.T444w46 2014
Edition Description
New Edition
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«This book is a major contribution to the scholarship on Hunter S. Thompson and a striking contribution to the field of narco-critical studies. It brilliantly elucidates the relationship between Thompson's unhinged journalism and the politics of literary production, while demonstrating how his experimental, intoxicated engagement with the wider cultural context of writing leads to insights unavailable to 'objective reportage'. Matthew Winston elegantly reveals Thompson to be not only a rock 'n' roll counter-cultural icon, but a major cultural commentator whose literary practice unsettles the distinction between the real and the imaginary. This book will be of vital interest to those working in critical journalism and literary and cultural studies.» (Dave Boothroyd, Professor of Media and Culture, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom), This book is a major contribution to the scholarship on Hunter S. Thompson and a striking contribution to the field of narco-critical studies. It brilliantly elucidates the relationship between Thompson's unhinged journalism and the politics of literary production, while demonstrating how his experimental, intoxicated engagement with the wider cultural context of writing leads to insights unavailable to 'objective reportage'. Matthew Winston elegantly reveals Thompson to be not only a rock 'n' roll counter-cultural icon, but a major cultural commentator whose literary practice unsettles the distinction between the real and the imaginary. This book will be of vital interest to those working in critical journalism and literary and cultural studies. (Dave Boothroyd, Professor of Media and Culture, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom), «This book is a major contribution to the scholarship on Hunter S. Thompson and a striking contribution to the field of narco-critical studies. It brilliantly elucidates the relationship between Thompson_s unhinged journalism and the politics of literary production, while demonstrating how his experimental, intoxicated engagement with the wider cultural context of writing leads to insights unavailable to _objective reportage_. Matthew Winston elegantly reveals Thompson to be not only a rock _n_ roll counter-cultural icon, but a major cultural commentator whose literary practice unsettles the distinction between the real and the imaginary. This book will be of vital interest to those working in critical journalism and literary and cultural studies.» (Dave Boothroyd, Professor of Media and Culture, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Table of Content
Contents: A Pompous Contradiction in Terms - Getting Hold of the Drugs - Reality Itself Is Too Twisted - Shallow, Contemptible, and Hopelessly Dishonest - Cheap Thrills - A Very Hard Dollar - Pictures of the Riot - This Bedrock Sense of Professionalism - What Sort of Journalist I Was - The Place of Definitions.
Copyright Date
2014
Dewey Decimal
070.92
Dewey Edition
23
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