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Various theories and visual methodologies, emphasising the ubiquity of visual materials in today’s culture.

by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

A father and his son wander through a ravaged post-apocalyptic world, where all matter of wildlife is extinct and the rain ashen.

by John Updike (2006)

A post-9/11 novel where a strongly-devoted Muslim boy finds himself prepared as a truck driver to deliver bomb attack.

And Other Tales from the American Underground
by Eric Schlosser (2003)

Three essays on different aspects of American underground — marijuana trade, migrant labourers and porn industry — offering general, if rather superficial and unsatisfying, view of ‘illicit’ industry.

by Nathanael West (1939)

A satire of the visions of American/Hollywood disillusioned dreams and fantasy factory. Todd Hackett, a talented set-designer, drifts through a city deliberately reduced to its most base depiction of failed dreams and false glitters.

by Donna Tartt (1992)

A scholarship student, Richard, upon arriving at the exclusive Hampden College at Vermont, was intrigued by a tightly-knit group of privileged Greek students with, well, yes, a dark secret.

What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World
by Eric Schlosser (2001)

A very readable history of fast-food industry and its impacts on social and cultural landscape.