Surveyors of customs : American literature as cultural analysis /

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'Surveyors of Custom' explores literature's insights into how America - its soft capitalism, its 'democratised' inequality, its Americanisation of power - ticks. Joel Pfister argues that writers from Benjamin Franklin to Louise Erdrich can be read as critical 'surveyors...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Pfister, Joel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Zusammenfassung:
'Surveyors of Custom' explores literature's insights into how America - its soft capitalism, its 'democratised' inequality, its Americanisation of power - ticks. Joel Pfister argues that writers from Benjamin Franklin to Louise Erdrich can be read as critical 'surveyors' of customs, culture, hegemony, capitalism's emotional logic, and much more.
Umfang:
1 online resource (289 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-049367-4
0-19-027617-7
0-19-027616-9
Schlagworte:
American literature > Social aspects > History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Culture in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History.
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