A Do-it-yourself Dystopia: The Americanization of Big Brother

· University Press of America
Ebook
161
Pages

About this ebook

The essence of life in an oligarchy like George Orwell presents in '1984' is that freedom of choice is virtually non-existent. But what happens when so many trivial and meaningless choices inundate a culture such as our own and freedom itself becomes devalued? In 'A Do-It-Yourself Dystopia', through a variety of essays, Steven Carter addresses this and other issues in a wide-ranging search for hidden oligarchies of the American self.

About the author

Steven Carter is Professor of English at California State University in Bakersfield.

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