Title: Berserk style in American culture
Description: "As an idea, the berserk style is terrifying but also alluring in its promise that we can gain access to extraordinary resources by overthrowing inhibitions. Focusing on post-Vietnam America, using perspectives from psychology, anthropology, and physiology, the book demonstrates the need for criticism to unpack the confusions in language and cultural fantasy that drive the nation's fascination with the berserk style"--
Subjects: Psychic trauma, Psychoanalysis and literature, Wounds and injuries in literature, American literature, Suffering in literature, History and criticism, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Places: English-speaking countries
Time periods: 20th century