Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
Collana | New southern studies |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459341503321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> | ||
Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disturbing calculations [[electronic resource] ] : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
Collana | New southern studies |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792446803321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> | ||
Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disturbing calculations : the economics of identity in postcolonial Southern literature, 1912-2002 / / Melanie R. Benson |
Autore | Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
Collana | New southern studies |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Ego (Psychology) in literature Fetishism in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Narcissism in literature Numbers in literature Value in literature Value - Psychological aspects |
ISBN |
1-282-55320-8
0-8203-3672-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The fetish of number : narcissism, economics, and the twentieth century Southern ego -- The fetish of surplus value : reconstructing the white elite in Allen Tate, William Alexander Percy, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe -- Stealing themselves out of slavery : African American Southerners in Richard Wright, William Attaway, James Weldon Johnson, and Zora Neale Hurston -- The measures of love : Southern belles and working girls in Frances Newman, Anita Loos, and Katherine Anne Porter -- Contemporary crises of value : white trash, black paralysis, and elite amnesia in Dorothy Allison, Alice Walker, and Walker Percy -- Remembering the missing : Native Americans, immigrants, and Atlanta's murdered children in Louis Owens, Marilou Awiakta, Lan Cao, James Baldwin, Toni Cade Bambara, and Tayari Jones. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824741003321 |
Taylor Melanie Benson <1976-> | ||
Athens, Ga., : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fictions Inc. : the corporation in postmodern fiction, film, and popular culture / / Ralph Clare |
Autore | Clare Ralph <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Capitalism in literature Corporations in literature Industries in literature Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century Motion pictures - United States - Plots, themes, etc Postmodernism - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8135-6589-8 |
Classificazione | HU 1819 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Manchuria to Manchuria Inc. -- 1. California Dreaming: Twentieth-Century Corporate Fictions at the End of the Frontier -- 2. "Domo Arigato, Mr. Sakamoto, for the New Non-Union Contract!": (Multi)national Threats and the Decline of the American Auto Industry in Ron Howard's Gung Ho -- 3. Good Times, Bad Times . . . You Know I Had My Share(s): The Corporation in Five Popular Films -- 4. A Capital Death: Medicine, Technology, and the Care of the Self in Don DeLillo's White Noise -- 5. Family Incorporated: William Gaddis's J R and the Embodiment of Capitalism -- 6. Your Loss Is Their Gain: The Corporate Body and the Corporeal Body in Richard Powers's Gain -- Conclusion: Corporate Hegemony, Cubed -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Corporation in postmodern fiction, film, and popular culture |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460205403321 |
Clare Ralph <1975-> | ||
New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fictions Inc. : the corporation in postmodern fiction, film, and popular culture / / Ralph Clare |
Autore | Clare Ralph <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Capitalism in literature Corporations in literature Industries in literature Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century Motion pictures - United States - Plots, themes, etc Postmodernism - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-8135-6589-8 |
Classificazione | HU 1819 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Manchuria to Manchuria Inc. -- 1. California Dreaming: Twentieth-Century Corporate Fictions at the End of the Frontier -- 2. "Domo Arigato, Mr. Sakamoto, for the New Non-Union Contract!": (Multi)national Threats and the Decline of the American Auto Industry in Ron Howard's Gung Ho -- 3. Good Times, Bad Times . . . You Know I Had My Share(s): The Corporation in Five Popular Films -- 4. A Capital Death: Medicine, Technology, and the Care of the Self in Don DeLillo's White Noise -- 5. Family Incorporated: William Gaddis's J R and the Embodiment of Capitalism -- 6. Your Loss Is Their Gain: The Corporate Body and the Corporeal Body in Richard Powers's Gain -- Conclusion: Corporate Hegemony, Cubed -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Corporation in postmodern fiction, film, and popular culture |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787053603321 |
Clare Ralph <1975-> | ||
New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fictions Inc. : the corporation in postmodern fiction, film, and popular culture / / Ralph Clare |
Autore | Clare Ralph <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5093553 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Capitalism in literature Corporations in literature Industries in literature Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century Motion pictures - United States - Plots, themes, etc Postmodernism - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-8135-6589-8 |
Classificazione | HU 1819 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Manchuria to Manchuria Inc. -- 1. California Dreaming: Twentieth-Century Corporate Fictions at the End of the Frontier -- 2. "Domo Arigato, Mr. Sakamoto, for the New Non-Union Contract!": (Multi)national Threats and the Decline of the American Auto Industry in Ron Howard's Gung Ho -- 3. Good Times, Bad Times . . . You Know I Had My Share(s): The Corporation in Five Popular Films -- 4. A Capital Death: Medicine, Technology, and the Care of the Self in Don DeLillo's White Noise -- 5. Family Incorporated: William Gaddis's J R and the Embodiment of Capitalism -- 6. Your Loss Is Their Gain: The Corporate Body and the Corporeal Body in Richard Powers's Gain -- Conclusion: Corporate Hegemony, Cubed -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author |
Altri titoli varianti | Corporation in postmodern fiction, film, and popular culture |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807722503321 |
Clare Ralph <1975-> | ||
New Brunswick, New Jersey ; ; London : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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