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U.S.A. is the portrait of a national illusion, or rather, of national disillusion. The closer America moved toward that disillusionment, the farther away its people grew from themselves, running about and seemingly never exerting even a modicum of control over their own lives. America of this period is well suited...
Mander begins well. People who bother to read books at all are usually not proud of the hours they spend staring straight ahead; a book about destroying the tube can be a nice assuager of guilt. And Mander, a former advertising and public relations agent who grew disenchanted with his...
Kilbourne examined the concept of "ideal feminine beauty," which she defined as "flawlessness--no blemishes, and, in fact, no pores." Advertisements make women feel "ashamed and guilty" because they cannot "attain that illusion," she said.
The painter was an illusion
Children devotees are kept in the home until the age of five. At that time, they are placed in special schools. The schools shelter the children from the sinful world yet teach them the ways of life outside of the movement. The schools' curricula omit science because members of the...