Extreme states: the evolution of American transgressive fiction 1960-2000

Transgressive fiction explores the crossing of boundaries. Because of its extreme content and style, it is often considered controversial. However, transgressive fiction is not just shocking or disruptive. It is a continuation of an American tradition of creating culture through the crossing of mora...

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1. Verfasser: D'Hont, Coco ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Ausgabe:First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in contemporary literature 28
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Zusammenfassung:Transgressive fiction explores the crossing of boundaries. Because of its extreme content and style, it is often considered controversial. However, transgressive fiction is not just shocking or disruptive. It is a continuation of an American tradition of creating culture through the crossing of moral, geographical and social boundaries. Extreme States traces the evolution of American transgressive fiction from the 1960s to 2000, exploring how transgressive fiction reflects, exaggerates and critically interrogates how central American ideologies are perpetually (re)constructed in its extra-textual context
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:viii, 188 Seiten
ISBN:9781138502352
9780367664534

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