Opting Out : Deviance and Generational Identities in American Post-War Cult Fiction.
Material type: TextSeries: Costerus NSPublication details: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9789401208512
- 9401208514
- 9789042035768
- 9042035765
- 9781283868754
- 128386875X
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Conflict of generations -- United States
- Baby boom generation -- United States
- Generation X -- United States
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Conflit de générations -- États-Unis
- Génération du baby-boom -- États-Unis
- Génération X -- États-Unis
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- American literature
- Baby boom generation
- Conflict of generations
- Generation X
- United States
- 1900-1999
- 813.609
- PS80
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Opting Out explores the theme of deviance as a form of protest in famous cult novels that have left an indelible mark on contemporary American culture - from Jack Kerouac's On the Road to Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club . Adopting a gener.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Opting Out as a Modern Paradigm: Generations, Deviance and Cult Fiction -- Generational Identity: Origins, Formation and Impact -- Deviance: Definitions, Reactions and Implications -- Cult Fiction: Writing from the Margins -- The Generational Constellation in Post-War America: A Brief Overview -- Deviance in Cult Fiction of the 1950s and 1960s -- The Road Out: Deviance in Jack Kerouac's On the Road -- An Unlocked Window: Deviance in Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- "Edge City": Deviance in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test -- Deviance in Cult Fiction of the 1980s and 1990s -- "Disappear Here": Deviance in Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero -- "The Lunar Side of the Fence": Deviance in Douglas Coupland's Generation X -- "Hitting Bottom": Deviance in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club -- Conclusion: Opting Out and America's Social Imaginary.
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