Confessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America
Author | : Dave Tell |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2015-01-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780271060248 |
ISBN-13 | : 0271060247 |
Rating | : 4/5 (247 Downloads) |
Download or read book Confessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America written by Dave Tell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America revolutionizes how we think about confession and its ubiquitous place in American culture. It argues that the sheer act of labeling a text a confession has become one of the most powerful, and most overlooked, forms of intervening in American cultural politics. In the twentieth century alone, 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.