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A Not So Foreign Affair - Fascism, Sexuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy (Paperback)
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A Not So Foreign Affair - Fascism, Sexuality, and the Cultural Rhetoric of American Democracy (Paperback)
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In "A Not So Foreign Affair" Andrea Slane investigates the
influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are
central to contemporary American political rhetoric. By analyzing
an array of films, journalism, scholarly theories, melodrama,
video, and propaganda literature, Slane describes a common rhetoric
that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s as a means of
distinguishing "democratic sexuality" from that ascribed to Nazi
Germany.
World War II marked a turning point in the cultural rhetoric of
democracy, Slane claims, because it intensified a preoccupation
with the political role of private life and pushed sexuality to the
center of democratic discourse. Having created tremendous
anxiety--and fascination--in American culture, Nazism became
associated with promiscuity, sexual perversionand the destruction
of the family. Slane reveals how this particular imprint of fascism
is used in progressive as well as conservative imagery and language
to further their domestic agendas and shows how our cultural
engagement with Nazism reflects the inherent tension in democracy
between the value of diversity, individual freedoms national
identity, and notions of the common good. Finally, she applies her
analysis of wartime narratives to contemporary texts, examining
anti-abortion, anti-gay, and anti-federal rhetoric, as well as the
psychic life of skinheads, censorship debates, and the contemporary
fascination with incest.
An invaluable resource for understanding the language we use--both
visual and narrative--to describe and debate democracy in the
United States today, "A Not So Foreign Affair" will appeal to those
interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American
studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and
sexuality studies.
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