Anti-Apocalypse : Exercises in Genealogical Criticism

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Drawing on feminist and Foucauldian theory, Quinby offers a powerful critique of the millenarian rhetoric that pervades American culture. Tracing the deployment of power through systems of alliance, sexuality, and technology, the author promotes a variety of critical stancesgenealogical feminism, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quinby, Lee
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1994.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Postmodernism (Literature)
Literature and society.
Genealogy in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Civilization.
Genealogie dans la litterature.
Postmodernisme (Litterature) > États-Unis.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Postmodernism (Literature) > United States.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 20e siecle.
United States > Civilization > 20th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Drawing on feminist and Foucauldian theory, Quinby offers a powerful critique of the millenarian rhetoric that pervades American culture. Tracing the deployment of power through systems of alliance, sexuality, and technology, the author promotes a variety of critical stancesgenealogical feminism, an ethics of the flesh, and "pissed criticism"as challenges to apocalyptic claims for absolute truth and universal morality.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780816685202

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