The Metanarrative of Suspicion in Late Twentieth Century America

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Psychology Press, 2004 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 176 pages
Narratives 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
Works Cited
157
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