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Postmodern Suburban Spaces: Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction
Joseph George
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Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319410050
SKU
V9783319410050
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About Joseph George
Joseph George is a lecturer of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
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