Empire burlesque
Subtitle: the fate of critical culture in global America
By: Daniel T. O'Hara.
Series: New Americanists
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Mass media and culture -- United States.; Journalism -- United States.; United States -- Civilization -- Foreign influences.; United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-364) and index.
Table of contents: title: Edward W. Said and the fate of critical culture; title: Why Foucault no longer matters; title: Lentricchia's frankness and the place of literature; title: Redesigning the lessons of literature; title: The return to ethics and the specter of reading; title: Class in a global light : the two professions; title: Transference and abjection : an analytic parable; title: Ghostwork : an uncanny prospect for new Americanists; title: Specter of theory : the bad conscience of American criticism; title: Empire baroque : becoming other in Henry James; title: Planet buyer and the catmaster : a critical future for transference.