High Anxiety

<p> . . . acute look at the state of contemporary culture . . . A humorous . . . book it yields rewarding advice for our perception of reality and fiction. --Back Stage / Shoot<br /><br />Mellencamp's ease of movement between the conceptual and the commonplace is the great strength of this work. . . . <i>High Anxiety</i> is an invaluable contribution to the cultural studies debate . . . --Art + Text<br /><br />Written with wit and flair <i>High Anxiety</i> is a critique of the temporality of U.S. television a narrative journey between Freud's texts on obsession and the cult of anxiety pervading contemporary culture. Operation Desert Storm I Love Lucy Anita Hill Twin Peaks and Oprah are a few of the subjects which form this anxious mosaic of popular culture.</p>