The Metanarrative of Suspicion in Late Twentieth Century America

ISBN-13: 9780415970761 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 184 str.

Sandra Baringer; Baringer Baringer

Opis

Narratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Through close reading of texts ranging from novels (Pynchon's Vineland, Silko's Almanac of the Dead, Pierce's The Turner Diaries) to prison literature, this book examines the ways in which narratives of suspicion are both constitutive--and symptomatic--of a metanarrative that pervades American culture.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Crucifying the White Man; Chapter 2 Lynching the White Woman; Chapter 3 Women's Work?; Chapter 4 Motherhood and Treason; Chapter 5 Motherhood and Terror; Chapter 6 Beyond the Foucauldian Complex; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited Index;

O autorze

Sandra Baringer