LEADER 02932nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910810881503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-772562-7 010 $a1-280-52693-9 010 $a0-19-535929-1 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195083729.001.0001 035 $a(CKB)1000000000793942 035 $a(EBL)273132 035 $a(OCoLC)476014850 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273132 035 $a(OCoLC)1406783938 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197725627 035 $a(OCoLC)1083059437 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB168389 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000793942 100 $a19930113d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe pleasures of Babel $econtemporary American literature and theory /$fJay Clayton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1993. 311 $a0-19-508372-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-195) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 1. Culture/Narrative/Power; 2. The Story of Deconstruction; 3. Theories of Desire; 4. The Narrative Turn in Minority Writing; 5. Rituals of Change: Ethnography on the Border; 6. Feminism and the Politics of Community; Conclusion: Literature without Masterpieces; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index 330 $aOffering an explication of the often stormy relationship between contemporary American literature and criticism, this study examines systematically the movements of the last two decades - deconstruction, feminism - and engages theories of narrative by applying them to recent literary works. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aCultural pluralism in literature 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLanguage and culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPower (Social sciences) in literature 606 $aMinorities in literature 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric) 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aCultural pluralism in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aLanguage and culture$xHistory 615 0$aPower (Social sciences) in literature. 615 0$aMinorities in literature. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric) 676 $a801.950904 676 $a801.9509045 676 $a813.5409 700 $aClayton$b Jay$f1951-$01608232 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810881503321 996 $aThe pleasures of Babel$94194215 997 $aUNINA