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Relocating the American Dream The America of the 1960s as Portrayed by the New Journalists Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe

Master 's Thesis Department of English University of Helsinki Supervisor: Bo Pettersson Date: 25.3.2009 Meri Laitinen

1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................3
1.1 Aims and methods ........................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Defining new journalism............................................................................................................................... 11 1.2.1 Norman Mailer ........................................................................................................................................ 16 1.2.2 Hunter S. Thompson................................................................................................................................ 17 1.2.3 Tom Wolfe............................................................................................................................................... 18 1.3 Defining the American Dream...................................................................................................................... 19 1.3.1 Origins of the term................................................................................................................................... 19 1.3.2 The American Dream in popular culture ................................................................................................. 23

2. LIFE: CRITICISM OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY .......................................................25
2.1 Ideology, politics and religion....................................................................................................................... 25 2.1.1 Issues of authority, hierarchy, and

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