Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America / Dave Tell.
Material type: TextSeries: Rhetoric and democratic deliberationPublication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 238 pages)Content type:- text
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- 0271060220
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- Confessional crises and cultural politics in 20th century America
- Confession -- Psychology -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- États-Unis -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric
- Confession -- Psychology
- Manners and customs
- United States
- 1900-1999
- 306.0973/0904 23
- BF634 .T45 2012eb
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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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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