Postmodern Suburban Spaces
Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book reevaluates fiction devoted to the postwar American suburb, examining the way these works imagine suburbia as a communal structure designed to advance a particular American identity. Postmodern Suburban Spaces surveys works by both canonical...
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This book reevaluates fiction devoted to the postwar American suburb, examining the way these works imagine suburbia as a communal structure designed to advance a particular American identity. Postmodern Suburban Spaces surveys works by both canonical chroniclers of the middle class experience, such as Richard Yates and John Cheever, and those who reflect suburbia's demographic reality, including Gloria Naylor and Chang-rae Lee, to uncover a surprising reconfiguration of the suburban experience. Tracing major forms of suburban associations - racial divisions, property lines, the family, and ethnic fealty - these works depict a different mode of interaction than the stereotypical white picket fences. Joseph George draws from philosophers such as Emmanuel Levinas and Roberto Esposito to argue that these fictions assert a critical hospitality that frustrates the limited forms of association on which suburbia is based. This fiction, in turn, posits an ethical form of community that comes about when people share space together.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Postmodern Suburban Spaces “
Table of ContentsIntroduction Nowhere to Now Here
Chapter One: Against Fence Thinking
Chapter Two: My Home is Your Home
Chapter Three: Domesticated Strangers
Chapter Four: American Means Being Whatever You Want
Conclusion: The Second Suburban Century
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Autoren-Porträt von Joseph George
Joseph George is a lecturer of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joseph George
- 2016, 1st ed. 2016, IX, 206 Seiten, Masse: 15,3 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319410059
- ISBN-13: 9783319410050
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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