The Metanarrative of Suspicion in Late Twentieth-Century AmericaNarratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Through close reading of texts ranging from novels (Pynchon's Vineland, Silko's Almanac of the Dead, Pierce's The Turner Diaries) to prison literature, this book examines the ways in which narratives of suspicion are both constitutive--and symptomatic--of a metanarrative that pervades American culture. |
Contents
CHAPTER ONE Crucifying the White Man | 17 |
CHAPTER TWO Lynching the White Woman | 43 |
CHAPTER THREE Womens Work? | 63 |
CHAPTER FOUR Motherhood and Treason | 89 |
CHAPTER FIVE Motherhood and Terror | 103 |
CHAPTER SIX Beyond the Foucauldian Complex | 119 |
Epilogue | 133 |
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