Michael Chabon's America : Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442236059
- 813.54
- PS3553 .H15 Z75 2014
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Real Maps of Imaginary Worlds -- or, Michael Chabon, Shadowtail -- Part I: Chronicling Popular Culture -- 2 The Dudes Abide -- 3 Quentin Tarantino and the Paradox of Popular Culture in Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue -- 4 Driving Away -- 5 "Guess Who I Am Now" -- Part II: Chabon's Mysteries: Comics and Genre -- 6 Comix Remix -- or, The Strange Case of Mr. Chabon -- 7 "An American Golem" -- 8 The Chatter of an African Gray Parrot -- 9 Genre for Justice -- Part III: Ethnicity, Gender, and Masculinity in Chabon's Oeuvre -- 10 Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road and the Rejection of Communal Identity as Heroic Quest -- 11 Solving the Jewish Case -- 12 Not Growing Old but Growing Up -- 13 Queer Masculinities in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Manhood for Amateurs -- Part IV: Chabon's American Expression -- 14 Write What You Don't Know -- 15 American Prowess Deconstructed -- 16 "Hope Unfulfilled, Not Yet Betrayed" -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
Michael Chabon's America: Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces is the first comprehensive scholarly collection analyzing the work of acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon. At its core, the book demonstrates how Chabon uses a broad range of styles and genres, including detective and comic book fiction and essays and other works of nonfiction, to get at the heart of defining the American experience. As a result, Michael Chabon's America provides context and exploration for understanding the author's work from cultural, historical, and stylistic perspectives by scholars from five continents, revealing Chabon's deep global impact.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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