ISBN:
0271060220
,
0271059346
,
9780271060224
,
9780271059341
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 238 pages)
Series Statement:
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation vol. 5
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tell, Dave, 1976- Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America
DDC:
306.0973/0904
Keywords:
Confession Psychology 20th century
;
History
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric
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Confession ; Psychology
;
Manners and customs
;
Electronic books
;
History
;
United States Social life and customs 20th century
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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