{"product_id":"bonfires-of-the-american-dream-daniel-shaviro-9781839983825","title":"Bonfires of the American Dream in American Rhetoric, Literature and Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow could American social solidarity have so collapsed that we cannot even cooperate in fighting a pandemic? One problem lies in how our values mutate and intersect in an era of runaway high-end inequality and evaporating upward mobility. Under such conditions, tensions rise between our egalitarian and democratic traditions on the one hand, and what we often call the \"American Dream\" of self-advancement and due reward on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn our current Second Gilded Age, as in the first one from the late nineteenth century, the results of economic competition appear to suggest, falsely, that some of us are \"winners\" who deserve everything they have, while others are contemptible \"losers.\" The rich ostensibly owe the poor nothing - not even compassion or respect, and certainly not material aid through government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBonfires of the American Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, Daniel Shaviro develops these themes through close studies, in social context, of such classic novels and films as \u003cem\u003eAtlas Shrugged\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIt's a Wonderful Life\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/em\u003e. He thereby helps to provide a better understanding of what, apart from racism, has in recent years caused things to go so wrong culturally in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Shaviro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839983825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839983825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2022","brand":"Daniel Shaviro","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077570523391,"sku":"9781839983825","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea1b1b30-ada6-4a2f-92f2-d462e295e98c.jpg?v=1685470660","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bonfires-of-the-american-dream-daniel-shaviro-9781839983825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}