Salvador Jiménez Murguía

Epic Fails

The Edsel, the Mullet, and Other Icons of Unpopular Culture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book surveys some of the most iconic failures in American popular culture, from fashion flops to marketing mess-ups, shedding light on the inherent, often comic strain in American life between success and failure. In this engaging volume, the author explains how these came about and why they failed to catch on with the public.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781538103715
• ISBN-10: 1538103710
• Artikelnr.: 51152584

Autorenporträt

By Salvador Jiménez Murguía

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Edsel Chapter 2: Athletic
Uniform Failures Chapter 3: Beta Max Chapter 4: LaserDisc Chapter 5: The
Mullet Chapter 6: Blublocker Sunglasses Chapter 7: Zubaz Chapter 8: New
Coke Chapter 9: Bud Dry Chapter 10: Crystal Pepsi Chapter 11: Burger King's
Table service Chapter 12: Zima Chapter 13: WOW Chips Chapter 14: Y2K
Chapter 15: XFL Chapter 16: McAfrika Chapter 17: Microsoft Zune Chapter 18:
Google Wave Conclusion Index About the Author