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Autore |
O'Hara Daniel T. <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Empire burlesque [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of critical culture in global America / / Daniel T. O'Hara |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-92066-9 |
9786612920660 |
0-8223-8466-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (387 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criticism - United States - History - 20th century |
American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Mass media and culture - United States |
Journalism - United States |
United States Civilization Foreign influences |
United States Civilization 1970- |
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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. [357]-364) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture -- Why Foucault no longer matters -- Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature -- Redesigning the lessons of literature -- The return to ethics and the specter of reading -- Class in a global light : the two professions -- Transference and abjection : an analytic parable -- Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists -- Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism -- Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James -- Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discusses the effects of globalization on the field of literary studies and the formation of a critical identity in America. |
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