Cultural melancholia : US trauma discourses before and after 9/11 /

Applying melancholia as an analytical concept, Christina Cavedon's Cultural Melancholia: US Trauma Discourses Before and After 9/11 discusses novels by Jay McInerney and Don DeLillo in light of an American cultural malaise pre-dating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cavedon, Christina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2015]
Colección:Costerus ; new ser., v. 212.
Temas:
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature.
Melancholy > Social aspects > United States.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis, dans la littérature.
Mélancolie > Aspect social > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Melancholy > Social aspects
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in literature
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Theorizations of melancholia
  • Trauma studies in the medico-psychiatric field
  • Theorizations of cultural trauma in relation to cultural melancholia
  • Cultural narratives activated by the 9/11 attacks
  • White middle class melancholia in Jay McInerney's fiction
  • Postmodern melancholia and the fantasy of the Tuché in Don DeLillo's pre-9/11 novels
  • Falling man's escape into hyperreality
  • Conclusion.

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