A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture /
Packer, Joseph, 1983-
A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture / Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Few defenders" : an introduction -- "no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument -- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective -- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty -- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII -- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape -- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.
"Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.
9780271083155 9780271083179
Pessimism--Case studies.
Popular culture.
Rhetoric.
Electronic Books.
B829 / .F445 2018
A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture / Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman. - University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Few defenders" : an introduction -- "no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument -- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective -- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty -- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII -- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape -- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.
"Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.
9780271083155 9780271083179
Pessimism--Case studies.
Popular culture.
Rhetoric.
Electronic Books.
B829 / .F445 2018