Contemporary American literature and excremental culture : American sh*t /: American sh*t. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary C. Foltz.
• Authors: Foltz, Mary C
• Contents: 1. On the American Standard: Post-1960 Scatological Fiction.- 2. Soiling the Black Body: Ishmael Reed Engages White Shit.- 3. Battling the Excremental Self: Civilization and Its Decomposition in Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections.- 4. Fleeing the Excremental Stain through Acquisition: Getting to the Bottom of Black Suburban Splendor in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills.- 5. Waste as Weapon: Fecal Bombing in Don DeLillo's Underworld. - 6. Shit and Other Forms of Dynamite Refuse: Samuel R. Delany's Provocative Excremental Eros.- 7. Decay as Gift: Composting American Shit.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 810.9355; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Feces in literature; Social problems in literature; Environmental degradation in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030465308
• Related ISBNs: 9783030465292
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