The metanarrative of suspicion in late twentieth century America /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Sandra Baringer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (vii, 176 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Literary criticism and cultural theory
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-167) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Crucifying the white man : Douglass Durham and the master narrative of the seventies savage -- Lynching the white woman : William Pierce's "day of the rope" -- Women's work? : child sexual abuse prosecution in the 1980s -- Motherhood and treason : Pynchon's Vineland and the new left -- Motherhood and terror : Silko's Almanac of the dead -- Beyond the Foucauldian complex : inscriptions and reinscriptions of the power paradigm by American prison writers.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Metanarrative of suspicion in late twentieth century America.
International Standard Book Number
0415970768
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 20th century.