Celebrity, Pedophilia, and Ideology in American Culture By Jason Lee

Celebrity, Pedophilia, and Ideology in American Culture By Jason ...

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Chapter 1

Introduction

And later my macabre joy sours and I’m weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing “I just want to be loved,” cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer—all of it was wrong, without any final purpose. All it came down to was: die or adapt. I imagine my own vacant face, the disembodied voice coming from its mouth: These are terrible times.

—Patrick Bateman, American Psycho¹

We live in a mediated world where violence, through the horrors of war, real or imagined terrorist atrocities, and so-called natural disasters, dictates and shapes both our ontological essence and our behavior based on fear. Child abduction and pedophilia encapsulate this fear, as they threaten the very foundation of our future, the hope of the next generation. The media and governments have a vested interest in stage managing each moment of horror, and shaping the way we perceive and react to events, and this creation of a culture of horror and fear grows, along with the power of media culture and the technology of observation. Like never