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The Pathos of Authenticity - American Passions of the Real (Hardcover)
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The Pathos of Authenticity - American Passions of the Real (Hardcover)
Series: American Studies - A Monograph, 182
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Throughout the last decade, observers of American culture have
drawn attention to an emerging transformation: an apparent shift
from postmodern irony and play to a revalorization of the real and
authentic. This "turn" in cultural values has been linked to
general conservative tendencies and the after-effects of September
11 as well as a lingering sense of crisis following post- Cold War
triumphalism. 'The Pathos of Authenticity' investigates this new
valorization of the authentic and tests the explanations offered
for the various "returns of the real" detectible in the current
moment. In close readings and case studies, contributions hone in
on aspects of American contemporaneity particularly shaped by
discourses of authenticity. Topics include the significance of
things in a world constituted via media representations, the
prominence of trauma theory, renewed interest in autobiography, the
pathos of religious experience, and efforts to define ethnicity as
a source of authentic feeling.
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