James B. Twitchell

Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Engaging and informative, but not his best work
  • Didn't do much for me...
  • A "why do the way things work the way they do?" book
  • Ironic, but not pessimistic
  • Marketing Where You Least Expected It
Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld
James B. Twitchell
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Paperback

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Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld
Living It Up
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • A glorious state of denial
  • Terrible
  • A Guilty Gordon Gekko
  • Luxury, a new religion analyzed
  • Posh LUST
Living It Up
James B. Twitchell
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0231124961
Living It Up
Adcult USA
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Advertising drives cultural evolution, so better enjoy it !
  • A disappointing dance around a complicated topic
  • thorough, comprehensive, good writing style
  • Advertising History and its Politics gets a fair shake
  • Insightful, Witty and Educational

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Adcult USA
James B. Twitchell
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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Where Men Hide
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • I can't believe there are no reviews of this book yet...
Where Men Hide
James B. Twitchell
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror
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  • Best intro to the horror genre that I've read.

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Dreadful Pleasures: An Anatomy of Modern Horror
James B. Twitchell
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Lead Us Into Temptation
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Finally: an intellectual page-turner
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  • Pragmatic view point on consumerism and advertising
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Preposterous Violence: Fables of Aggression in Modern Culture
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  • A Classic
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    The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature
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      The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature
      James B. Twitchell
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      Carnival Culture
      Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
      • And Your Point Is . . .?
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