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Originally Posted by Dusty
I think the guy went a little too far with the mysticism in Shibumi, but I liked that book, as well.
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Agreed.
If it hasn't been done all ready, some cliometrician could make a name for him/herself in the Ivory Tower by coding novels/films/comics published after World War II and then analyzing the data within the contexts of foreign affairs, U.S. domestic politics, trends within the entertainment industry, as well as the changing configuration of social relations in America.
Of course, funding institutions might get a bit upset when they find they're facilitating research that requires a Blu-Ray home theater system, a subscription to Netflix, an ocean of Diet Mountain Dew, a mountain of Doritos, and a new computer. And an iPad2. This project would definitely need one of those.