By Jon Huer

the way in which we are living, paintings, and die-alone and with different Americans-have such a lot of hidden layers that we would in addition say that there are Americas: one we predict we all know and the opposite almost unknown to us. the sort of suggestion is compelling adequate to encourage a sociologist to begin writing down what he thinks concerning the hidden the United States. Then, what emerges from this attempt is an image of the USA that's immediately so popular and so alien. it's the alien a part of the US that problems us, that scares us, and that pushes us to flee into louder, extra colourful, and extra friendly unreality. As our escapism turns into extra pressing every day, so does its testimony to the vacancy and loneliness of our solitary lifestyles. Huer discusses this alien a part of the United States in American Paradise.

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American Paradise: Hidden Ironies, Contradictions, by Jon Huer
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