1st Edition
Postmodernism, Twenty-First Century Culture, and American Fiction Establishing the Continuum
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Hallucinatory Reality, Unreliable Narration: From American Psycho to Post-Truth America
2. Terroristic Nihilism in Empire of the Senseless and Fight Club: The Constructive Limits of Violence After the End of History
3. Revitalizing Transgressive Excess: Limitation, Waste & Reuse in Love Creeps and Sadie: The Sadist
4. Digital Regression: Mourning, Reuse & ‘Bad’ Reading in God Jr. and Zac’s Control Panel
5. Contesting Categorization: Subjectivity, Race & Metafiction in Percival Everett by Virgil Russell and The Sympathizer
6. The Politics of Repetition: Nostalgia, Appropriation & Postmodern Aesthetics in Taipei and You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Matt Graham is a PhD graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University. His research interests include contemporary literature, American culture, experimental writing, the legacy of postmodernism, and both cultural and continental theory. He has taught narrative theory and American fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University and currently teaches academic skills as part of his Specialist Mentor role at Leeds Beckett University.
