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Dangerous fictions the fear of fantasy and the invention of reality

"Fictional stories have long been imagined to hold an uncanny power over hearts and minds. These days, everybody frets about fiction: according to the National Coalition Against Censorship, the current wave of book bans is the worst since the 1980s, and our cultural debates are consumed by questions...

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Main Author: Gold, Lyta (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Soft Skull, 2024.
Edition:First Soft Skull edition.
Subjects:
Fiction > Moral and ethical aspects.
Fiction > Political aspects.
Books and reading > United States.
Moral panics > United States.
Censorship > United States.
Literature and morals > United States.
Literature and society > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Moral panics old and new
  • Get a load of these crazy broads
  • The victory of the nerds
  • Stop making fun of our Übermenschen!!!
  • Fear of a red literature
  • The gentleman's club effect
  • The enemy of my enemy is-
  • The dramatic condition
  • How to blow up reality.

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