authenticity and identity in American literature and culture
Edición de la obra The American counterfeit
| Autor | Mary McAleer Balkun |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Alabama Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006 |
| Lugar | Tuscaloosa |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 181 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780817314972 |
| ISBN-10 | 0817314970 |
| OCLC | 60743162 |
| LCCN | 2005017750 |
| Serie | Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
| Número de Cutter | B186a |
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"Focusing on texts written between 1880 and 1930, Mary McAleer Balkun explores the concept of the "counterfeit," both in terms of material goods and invented identities, and the ways that the acquisition of objects came to define individuals in American culture and literature." "Balkun provides new readings of traditional texts such as The Great Gatsby, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The House of Mirth, as well as readings of less-studied texts, such as Walt Whitman's Specimen Days and Nella Larsen's Passing. In each of these texts, Balkun locates the presence of manufactured identities and counterfeit figures, demonstrating that where authenticity and consumerism intersect, the self becomes but another commodity to be promoted, sold, and eventually consumed."--Jacket.