Heroes, Villains, and Fools - 9781138524828

Name: Heroes, Villains, and Fools - 9781138524828
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Heroes, Villains, and FoolsThe Changing American Character\nAuthor(s): Orrin E. Klapp\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138524828, 978-1138524828\nSynopsis\nThis volume presents three major social types in American society heroes, villains, and fools as models for American behaviour. Approaching these models primarily through language, Orrin E. Klapp explores what they may suggest about Americans as a people.\n\nRather than study people, the author describes abstract types named and embedded in popular language. These social types are important symbols; and a way to attack a symbol is by identifying its meaning in various contexts. He further argues that the language surrounding heroes, villains, and fools reveals a social structure. We may not escape being ascribed a type, but we do have a choice of type. Known more commonly as \""finding oneself,\"" we can manipulate cues with dress, facial expressions, style of l.