國立虎尾科技大學 |

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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Postmodern Suburban Spaces/ by Joseph George.
Reminder of title:	Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction /
Author:	George, Joseph.
Description:	IX, 206 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	America—Literatures. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41006-7
ISBN:	9783319410067

Postmodern Suburban Spaces = Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction /
George, Joseph.

Postmodern Suburban SpacesPhilosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction /[electronic resource] :by Joseph George. - 1st ed. 2016. - IX, 206 p.online resource.

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. .

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.

ISBN: 9783319410067

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-41006-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1254197
America—Literatures.

LC Class. No.: PN843-846

Dewey Class. No.: 809.7

Postmodern Suburban Spaces = Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction /
LDR:02708nam a22003975i 4500 001 975604
003 DE-He213
005 20200630233601.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 201211s2016 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 $a 9783319410067 $9 978-3-319-41006-7
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-319-41006-7 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-319-41006-7
050 4 $a PN843-846
072 7 $a DS $2 bicssc
072 7 $a LIT004020 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a DS $2 thema
082 0 4 $a 809.7 $2 23
100 1 $a George, Joseph. $4 aut $4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut $3 1114839
245 1 0 $a Postmodern Suburban Spaces $h [electronic resource] : $b Philosophy, Ethics, and Community in Post-War American Fiction / $c by Joseph George.
250 $a 1st ed. 2016.
264 1 $a Cham : $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2016.
300 $a IX, 206 p. $b online resource.
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
347 $a text file $b PDF $2 rda
505 0 $a 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. .
520 $a 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.
650 0 $a America—Literatures. $3 1254197
650 0 $a Literature, Modern—20th century. $3 1254198
650 0 $a Postmodernism (Literature). $3 947683
650 1 4 $a North American Literature. $3 1106125
650 2 4 $a Twentieth-Century Literature. $3 1105346
650 2 4 $a Postmodern Literature. $3 1108146
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer Nature eBook
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783319410050
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783319410074
776 0 8 $i Printed edition: $z 9783319822396
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41006-7
912 $a ZDB-2-LCM
912 $a ZDB-2-SXL
950 $a Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (SpringerNature-41173)
950 $a Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0) (SpringerNature-43723)