TY  - BOOK
AU  - Packer,Joseph
AU  - Pennsylvania State University Press
AU  - Stoneman,Ethan
TI  - A feeling of wrongness: pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture 
SN  - 9780271083155
AV  - B829 .F445 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - University Park, Pennsylvania
PB  - The Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Pessimism
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; "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?; 2; b
N2  - "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
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