Title: Disturbing calculations
First published: 2008
Description: In fiction by a large, diverse group of authors, including William Faulkner, Anita Loos, William Attaway, Dorothy Allison and Lan Cao, Benson identifies a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity.
Subjects: American literature, Ego (Psychology) in literature, Fetishism in literature, History and criticism, Identity (Psychology) in literature, In literature, Narcissism in literature, Numbers in literature, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Value, Value, Value in literature, Ego (psychology), Southern states, in literature, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Places: Southern States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS261 .B48 2008