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The Call of the Weird - Louis Theroux

The Call of the Weird

Travels in American Subcultures

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Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2005 | Unabridged edition
MacMillan (Verlag)
978-1-4050-4950-4 (ISBN)
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Addresses questions such as: What is the difference between pathology and 'normal' weirdness? Is there something particularly weird about Americans? What does it mean to be weird, or 'to be yourself'? And do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us?
For ten years Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the things they believe, and to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them. Along the way Louis thinks about what drives him to spend so much time among weird people, and considers whether he's learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with them.Has he manipulated the people he's interviewed, or have they manipulated him? From his Las Vegas base, Louis revisits the assorted dreamers and outlaws who have been his TV feeding ground. Attempting to understand a little about himself and the workings of his own mind, Louis considers questions such as: What is the difference between pathology and 'normal' weirdness? Is there something particularly weird about Americans? What does it mean to be weird, or 'to be yourself'? And do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us?

Louis Theroux is an award-winning journalist, documentary film-maker and podcaster whose programmes are shown all over the world. He wrote about his unexpectedly successful career in Gotta Get Theroux This, which was a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2020 he created a hit podcast called Grounded. Theroux the Keyhole is his third book.

Introduction - 1: Prologue Chapter - 1: Thor Templar Chapter - 2: JJ Michaels Chapter - 3: Ike Turner Chapter - 4: Mike Cain Chapter - 5: Hayley Chapter - 6: Jerry Gruidl Chapter - 7: Mello T Chapter - 8: Oscody Chapter - 9: Marshall Sylver Chapter - 10: April, Lamb and Lynx Unit - Epilogue : 1

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.10.2005
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 234 mm
Gewicht 527 g
Themenwelt Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10 1-4050-4950-2 / 1405049502
ISBN-13 978-1-4050-4950-4 / 9781405049504
Zustand Neuware
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