{"product_id":"high-anxiety","title":"High Anxiety","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" . . . acute look at the state of contemporary culture . . . A humorous . . . book, it yields rewarding advice for our perception of reality and fiction.\" —Back Stage \/ Shoot\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Mellencamp's ease of movement between the conceptual and the commonplace is the great strength of this work. . . . \u003ci\u003eHigh Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable contribution to the cultural studies debate . . . \" —Art + Text\u003cbr\u003e\nWritten with wit and flair, \u003ci\u003eHigh Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e is a critique of the temporality of U.S. television, a narrative journey between Freud's texts on obsession and the cult of anxiety pervading contemporary culture. Operation Desert Storm, I Love Lucy, Anita Hill, Twin Peaks, and Oprah are a few of the subjects which form this \"anxious\" mosaic of popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Patricia Mellencamp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615189721468,"sku":"9780253207357","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780253207357_2e037b1a-4777-4748-945d-09b17b6d23f1.jpg?v=1726133053","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/high-anxiety","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}