Tom Frank and Matt Weiland, Editors

Commodify Your Dissent

Contents

Part I. The Rebel Consumer
Why Johnny Can't Dissent, Thomas Frank
The Killer App: Wired Magazine, Voice of the Corporate Revolution, Keith White
Back in Black: Here Come the Beatniks!, Maura Mahoney
Burn Down the House of Commons in Your Brand New Shoes, Keith White
Consolidated Deviance, Inc., Thomas Frank and Dave Mulcahey

Part II. The Culture of Business
Apostles of the New Entrepreneur: Business Books and the Management Crisis, Bill Boisvert
I've Seen the Future--and It's a Sony!, Stephen Duncombe
The Time-Management Gospel, Jennifer Brostrom
Leadership and You, Dave Mulcahey
The Advertised Life, Tom Vanderbilt

Part III. The Culturetrust^TM Generation
Alternative to What?, Thomas Frank
What Is Alternative?, Chris Holmes
The Problem with Music, Steve Albini
The Packaging of a Literary Persona, Maura Mahoney
A Dream of Perfect Reception: The Movies of Quentin Tarantino, Gary Groth
Twenty-Nothing, Thomas Frank and Keith White
Harsh Realm, Mr. Sulzberger!, Thomas Frank

Part IV. Wealth against Commonwealth Revisited
Twentieth Century Lite, Thomas Frank
Post-Urban, Post-Industrial but Never Post-Elite, Edward Castleton
Revolt of the Nice: Edge City, Capital of the Twenty-First Century, Tom Vanderbilt
Lotteryville, USA, Kim Phillips
The Gaudy and Damned, Tom Vanderbilt
Closing Salvo: Dark Age, Thomas Frank

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