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.
| Main Author: | Tell, Dave, 1976- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Ã2012.
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| Series: |
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.