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Quinby Lee <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Anti-Apocalypse [[electronic resource] ] : exercises in genealogical criticism / / Lee Quinby |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1994 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 20th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Feminism and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century |
Postmodernism (Literature) - United States |
Genealogy in literature |
Electronic books. |
United States Civilization 20th century |
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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. 187-196) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Apocalyptic Fits; Part I. Genealogy Now; 1. Eu(jean)ics: The New Fashion in Power; 2. Genealogical Feminism: A Politic Way of Looking; 3. Philosophy Today: Not-for-Prophet Thought; Part II. The Re-Creations and Recreations of Adam and Eve: Reading Modernist Texts in Postmodern Contexts; 4. Conceiving the New Man: Henry Adams and the Birth of Ironic Apocalypse; 5. ""Woman Got de Key"": Zora Neale Hurston and Resistance to Apocalypse; Part III. A Book of Revelry: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire |
6. Urination and Civilization: Practicing Pissed Criticism7. Resistance on the Home Front: Re(con)figuring Home Space as a Practice of Freedom; Coda: On Waco: A Monday Morning Wake-Up Call; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on feminist and Foucauldian theory, Quinby offers a powerful critique of the millenarian rhetoric that pervades American culture. |
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