Postmodern Suburban Spaces: Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction

Author:   Joseph George
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
ISBN:  

9783319410050


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Postmodern Suburban Spaces: Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction


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This book reevaluates fiction devoted to the postwar American suburb, examining the way these works imagine suburbia as a communal structure designed to advance a particular American identity. Postmodern Suburban Spaces surveys works by both canonical chroniclers of the middle class experience, such as Richard Yates and John Cheever, and those who reflect suburbia’s demographic reality, including Gloria Naylor and Chang-rae Lee, to uncover a surprising reconfiguration of the suburban experience.  Tracing major forms of suburban associations – racial divisions, property lines, the family, and ethnic fealty – these works depict a different mode of interaction than the stereotypical white picket fences. Joseph George draws from philosophers such as Emmanuel Levinas and Roberto Esposito to argue that these fictions assert a critical hospitality that frustrates the limited forms of association on which suburbia is based. This fiction, in turn, posits an ethical form of community that comes about when people share space together.

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Author:   Joseph George
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   3.846kg
ISBN:  

9783319410050


ISBN 10:   3319410059
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Nowhere to Now Here.- Chapter One: Against Fence Thinking.- Chapter Two: My Home is Your Home.- Chapter Three: Domesticated Strangers.- Chapter Four: American Means Being Whatever You Want.- Conclusion: The Second Suburban Century.- Works Cited. 

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Joseph George is a lecturer of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.

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