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Public access : literary theory and American cultural politics / Michael Berube.

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Main Author: Berube, Michael, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Verso, 1994.
Subjects:
Criticism > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism > Political aspects.
Literature > Theory, etc.
Politics and culture.
Politics and literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: American Political Culture and Cultural Politics
  • pt. I. PC and the Humanities. 1. Discipline and Theory. 2. Winning Hearts and Minds. 3. Exigencies of Value
  • pt. II. Critical Theory in the Public Sphere. 4. Just the Fax, Ma'am: or, Postmodernism's Journey to Decenter. 5. Pop Goes the Academy: Cult Studs Fight the Power. 6. Bite Size Theory: Popularizing Academic Criticism
  • pt. III. At the Closing of the American Century. 7. Paranoia in a Vacuum: 2001 and the National Security State. 8. It's Renaissance Time: New Historicism, American Studies, and American Identity. 9. Disuniting America Again
  • Epilogue: Harvesting the Humanities.

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