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Baringer Sandra |
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Titolo |
The metanarrative of suspicion in late twentieth century America [[electronic resource] /] / Sandra Baringer |
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New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-05981-8 |
0-203-50385-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Collana |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Suspicion in literature |
Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century |
Narration (Rhetoric) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; LITERARY CRITICISM AND CULTURAL THEORY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Crucifying the White Man Douglass Durham and the Master Narrative of the Seventies Savage; CHAPTER TWO Lynching the White Woman William Pierce's "Day of the Rope"; CHAPTER THREE Women's Work? Child Sexual Abuse Prosecution in the 1980s; CHAPTER FOUR Motherhood and Treason Pynchon's Vineland and the New Left; CHAPTER FIVE Motherhood and Terror Silko's Almanac of the Dead |
CHAPTER SIX Beyond the Foucauldian Complex Inscriptions and Reinscriptions of the Power Paradigm by American Prison WritersEpilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Narratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Sandra Baringer investigates this phenomenon. |
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