{"product_id":"american-television-paperback","title":"American Television - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Ian Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"AMERICAN TELEVISION\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a radical deconstruction of all that is red, white, and blue. J.I.B. takes the American myth and pulls you behind its curtain to show you the machination of empire and class- crafting a scathing rebuttal of patriotism and the elite. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAMERICAN TELEVISION\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is the doomer manifesto - a guide to new radical thought.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -Damian Rucci, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLast of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Hard Core\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"AMERICAN TELEVISION\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is the rotting abscess in the gleaming teeth of a television cowboy.It is a fever dream of talkshows and live footage of the next war, and the war after that. It praises the ammunition and passes the lord. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAMERICAN TELEVISION\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is an invocation, a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecurse, invective and praise.Buy American\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -Jacob Rakovan author of \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Radio\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" and \"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eArs Memoria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"AMERICAN TELEVISION\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent, necessary book, an incendiary incantation battering walls of complacency and consumerism, raising vital questions with rhythmic flair. What the poet J.I.B. has done here is impressive. A must-read volume!\"  -John Burroughs, 2022-2023 U.S.  Beat Poet Laureate \u003cbr\u003e\"We were warned that if you sit too close to the TV, it will ruin your vision, and we laughed and laughed. J.I.B.'s book \u003cem\u003eAMERICAN TELEVISION\u003c\/em\u003e has proven our mothers right, because if you pick this up, you'll be glued, and you'll never see innocence in our cultural programming again. This book takes our jaded introspection and forces us to look past the ugly and into the wasteland that has been our media sphere and our reaction to it for the last half a century. It's easy to say \"the damage is bad\", but it takes J.I.B.'s level of craft to show you the wounds and ask, \"but what are you doing with the blood; swimming or swallowing?\"\u003cbr\u003e-Zach Hannah, punk poet of Columbus,  Ohio \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749146951968,"sku":"9781958182628","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fc8ddaac452e5bf2bdf742ae07245396.webp?v=1779924743","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-television-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}