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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784080103321

Autore

Baringer Sandra

Titolo

The metanarrative of suspicion in late twentieth century America [[electronic resource] /] / Sandra Baringer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87690-8

1-280-05981-8

0-203-50385-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

810.9/3556

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Suspicion in literature

Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

Narration (Rhetoric)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.