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<p><p>shatters The You-can-do-anything Pop Mythology And Exposes The Paradox Of Individuality As A Cultural Norm.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>when Nonconformity Has Become Not Only Cool But Also Consumable, And Everyone Is Told They Are Special, What Happens To Our Definitions Of Rebellion And Individualism? Are Our Real Rebels Against Conformist Nonconformity Now The Neo-traditionalists Who Exchange Their Individualism For Membership In A Community That Offers Meaning In Backward-looking Ideologies? These Questions Are Pertinent But Hardly Original, And Niedzviecki's Approach Doesn't Refresh The Cultural Debate. Niedzviecki (we Want Some Too) Details Lively Examples From Pop, Consumer And Counter Culture-e.g., Backyard Wrestlers Who Assert Their Uniqueness While Participating In Mass Culture; The Philosophy Brand Of Health And Beauty Products That Sells Its Lotions With Moral Maxims. But He Molds These Cases To Fit His Often Predictable Arguments: Celebrity Culture Has Been Confused With Individualism; The Semi-collapse Of Traditional Culture Has Led Some To Rebel By Embracing Orthodoxy; Marketers Have Exploited Ideals Of Individuality; And Political Activism Is Often Just A

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Author

Hal Niedzviecki, Hal Niedzviecki

Publisher

City Lights Publishers

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780872864443

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Sociology, History

Rating

3.23 / 5 (230 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14