The Suburb of Dissent: Cultural Politics in the United States and Canada during the 1930s (New Americanists) - Softcover

Irr, Caren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822321920 ISBN 13: 9780822321927

Verlag: Duke University Press, 1998

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"Irr provides a kaleidoscopic view of the recurring themes dominating 1930s intellectuals' writings. . . . The Suburb of Dissent will broaden the range of 1930s scholarship by insisting that the literature of American class conflict can only be fully understood comparatively."-Paula Rabinowitz, University of Minnesota "An extraordinary effort. The Suburb of Dissent will have a broad appeal to that growing cohort of scholars interested in `revisioning' the literary 1930s."- Paul Buhle, New York University

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In The Suburb of Dissent Caren Irr explores the leftist literary subculture of the United States and Canada during the 1930s to reconstruct the ideas of mass culture, class, and nationality that emerged as a result of the Great Depression. Unearthing plots and characters that still surface in contemporary narratives, Irr juxtaposes classic and neglected works of criticism, fiction, poetry, and journalism and demonstrates how leftist writers resisted totalitarianism much more thoroughly than Cold War accounts would suggest. Irr highlights works by Richard Wright, John Dos Passos, Nathanael West, and others to uncover the complex relationship between American anti-communism and communist anti-Americanism. In an unprecedented move, she extends her inquiry to the work of Canadian intellectuals such as Dorothy Livesay and Hugh MacLennan to reveal the important yet overlooked fact that the territory at the border of the United States and Canada provided a vital contact zone and transnational "home" for leftist thinkers. Attending to intersections of race, ethnicity, and gender, Irr illustrates the ways dissenting writers made culture actively respond to the political crises of the Great Depression and questioned the nature of what it means to be "American." Drawing on insights from postcolonial and American studies and taking into account the intellectual and cultural dimensions of leftist politics, The Suburb of Dissent is the first study of the 1930s to bring together U.S. and Canadian writings. In doing so, it reveals how the unique culture of the left contributed to North American history at this critical juncture and beyond.

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• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0822321920
• ISBN 13: 9780822321927
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304