William G. Little

The Waste Fix (eBook, PDF)

Seizures of the Sacred from Upton Sinclair to the Sopranos

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2002. This book explores the philosophical, social, and aesthetic implications of twentieth-century America's obsession with eliminating waste. Through interdisciplinary engagement with fiction and popular culture, William Little traces the way this obsession finds expression in powerful social forces (e.g., the drive to consume conspicuously; the Progressive-era campaign to manage scientifically; the current demand to "reduce, reuse, recycle"), and shows how such forces are governed by an idealism that links proper treatment of waste with the promise of salvation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136746840
• Artikelnr.: 58800691

Autorenporträt

William G. Little

Inhaltsangabe

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Backfire I: Waste
Expectations Chapter One: Naturalism's Shambling Figure 1. Joint Anxiety 2.
Shit Fits 3. Blank Posturing 4. Sham(ble) Fiction Backfire II: Melville's
(Un)flinching Faith Chapter Two: Nothing to Go On: Paul Auster's Cracked
Case 1.Fast Break 2. Nothing Doing 3. Absent-Minded Hunger 4. Firing Blanks
Chapter Three: (Mis)Spelling Disaster: Faith in White Noise 1.
Dis-astrologic 2. Garbage Disposal 3. Void Where Prohibited 4. Trash
Recollection Chapter Four: Figuring Out Mark Leyner: A Waste of Time 1. The
Rush of the Scandalous 2. The Warped Writer 3. The Art of Dispatch 4.
Putting Off Backfire III: Hitting on The Sopranos Bibliography Index