Three Orphic Persuasions and Siren Seductions

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Taking South Park Seriously 1
6. The Pleasures of South Park
7. “Bigger Longer & Uncut” 23
8. The Pleasures of South Park 39
9. Orphic Persuasions and Siren Seductions 59
10. “Simpsons Did It!” 79
11. Identity Politics
12. Freud Goes to South Park 99
13. Cynicism and Other Postideological Half Measures in South Park 113
14. Shopping at J-Mart with the Williams 131
15. South Park Conservatives?
16. “I Hate Hippies” 145
17. South Park Heretics 165
18. Prophetic Profanity 173
19. Specific Critiques
20. “You Know, I Learned Something Today . . .” 195
21. “Omigod, It’s Russell Crowe!” 209
22. List of Episodes Cited 227
23. Complete Episode Guide, Seasons 1–11 233
24. Contributors 243
25. Index 247