Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America

"Examines the role of confession in American culture. Argues that the genre of confession has profoundly shaped (and been shaped by) six of America's most intractable cultural issues: sexuality, class, race, violence, religion, and democracy"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Tell, Dave, 1976-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, Ã2012.
Series:Rhetoric and democratic deliberation.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Confession and sexuality : True story versus Anthony Comstock -- Confession and class : a new True story -- Confession and race : civil rights, segregation, and the murder of Emmett Till -- Confession and violence : William Styron's Nat Turner -- Confession and religion : Jimmy Swaggart's secular confession -- Confession and democracy : Clinton, Starr, and the witch-hunt tradition of American confession -- Conclusion : James Frey and twenty-first-century confessional culture. 
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