We, Us, and Them: Affect and American Nonfiction from Vietnam to Trump

Name: We, Us, and Them: Affect and American Nonfiction from Vietnam to Trump
Brand: University of Virginia Press
SKU: 0813950848
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ISBN: 9780813950846

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27 Mar, 2024

By Douglas Dowland (author)

When Americans describe their compatriots, who exactly are they talking about? This is the urgent question that Douglas Dowland asks in We, Us, and Them. I...

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ISBN-10:

0813950848

ISBN-13:

9780813950846

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Dimensions

9.00 X 6.00 X 0.46 inches

Language

English

Description

When Americans describe their compatriots, who exactly are they talking about? This is the urgent question that Douglas Dowland asks in We, Us, and Them. In search of answers, he turns to narratives of American nationhood written since the Vietnam War--stories in which the ostensibly strong state of the Union has been turned increasingly into an America of us versus them. Dowland explores how a range of writers across the political spectrum, including Hunter S. Thompson, James Baldwin, and J. D. Vance, articulate a particular vision of America with such strong conviction that they undermine the unity of the country they claim to extol. We, Us, and Them pinpoints instances in which criticism leads to cynicism, rage leads to apathy, and a broad vision narrows in our present moment.

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ISBN-10

:0813950848

ISBN-13

:9780813950846

Publisher

:University of Virginia Press

Publication date

: 27 Mar, 2024

Editorial Reviews

"Dowland makes a convincing case for the importance of thinking about affect and nonfiction as a way not only to understand the political moment of the present but also to trace some of the ways this present has developed and come into being."--Sean Austin Grattan, author of Hope Isn't Stupid: Utopian Affects in Contemporary American Literature

About the Author

Douglas Dowland is Associate Professor of English at Ohio Northern University and the author of Weak Nationalisms: Affect and Nonfiction in Postwar America.

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