O'Donnell / Pease Latent Destinies

Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8064-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: New Americanists

Uses a discussion of contemporary films and literary works to present an understanding of paranoia as a defining element in postmodern late-capitalist structure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Donnell, Patrick

Pease, Donald E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Entry: The Time of Paranoia

1. Postmodernity and the Symptom of Paranoia
The Sympton of Paranoia

Paranoia and History: Latent Destiny

Postmodern Temporalities

2. Headshots: The Theater of Paranoia
Branch-Work: Libra

Stone’s Oedipus: JFK

Performing Character: Oswald’s Tale

3. Engendering Paranoia
The Point of the Cry: The Crying of Lot 49

The Umbra of Difference: The Shadow Knows

Exposing Paranoia: Empire of the Senseless

4. Criminality and Paranoia
The Voice of Paranoia: The Executioner’s Song

The Cultural Logic of Paranoia: The Killer Inside Me

Men in Black: Reservoir Dogs

Exit: Under History: Underworld

Notes

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick O’Donnell is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Michigan State University. He is author of Echo Chambers: Figuring the Voice in Modern Narrative and Passionate Doubts: Designs of Interpretation in Contemporary American Fiction.