Fetishism and Its Discontents in Post-1960 American Fiction
[Book]
by C. Kocela.
1st ed
New York
Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2010
(288 p.).
American literature readings in the 21st century.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph.
Pt. 1. Fetishism from theory to fiction --;pt. 2. Fictions of the female fetish --;pt. 3. Pomo-pornologies.
This study explores the concept of fetishism as a strategy for expressing social and political discontent in American literature, and for negotiating traumatic experiences particular to the second half of the twentieth century.