Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America / Dave Tell.

By:

Tell, Dave, 1976-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780271060224
0271060220
9780271059341
0271059346
9780271058344
027105834X
9780271060231
0271060239

Other title:

Confessional crises and cultural politics in 20th century America

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America.DDC classification:

306.0973/0904 23

LOC classification:

BF634 .T45 2012eb

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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.

Summary: "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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"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