The Dan Brown Phenomenon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5101601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Schneider-Mayerson (0000-0002-7848-0759) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 2011 |
| Issue | 111 |
| Pages | 194-201 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radical History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-6545 • E-ISSN: 1534-1453 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01636545-1268803 |
| OpenAlex | W2169103320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Despite the immense and lasting success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code as both a novel and a broader cultural phenomenon, few scholars have attempted to explain its very popularity. Using a cultural-historical lens, this essay argues that the success of Brown's narrative should be understood as a reflection of some of the major political themes in the post-9/11 United States: the secrecy and deceptions of the George W. Bush administration and the resulting distrust of government and flowering of conspiracy theories
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Cultural phenomenon · Distrust · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Secrecy · Sociology · Anthropology · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |