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Conspiracy culture : from the Kennedy assassination to The X-files / Peter Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knight, Peter, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paranoia--Social aspects.
- History.
- Paranoia.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Political culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Political culture.
- Conspiracies--United States--History--20th century.
- Conspiracies.
- Paranoia--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
- Cold War.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Summary:
- supremacy. "Conspiracy Culture" shows how Americans have come to distrust not only the narratives of the authorities, but even the authority of narrative itself to explain What Is Really Going On. From the complexities of Thomas Pynchon's novels to the endless mysteries of The X-Files, Knight argues that contemporary conspiracy culture is marked by an infinite regress of suspicion. Trust no one, because we have met the enemy and it is us.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Conspiracy/Theory 1
- 1 Conspiracy/Culture 23
- 2 Plotting the Kennedy Assassination 76
- 3 The Problem with No Name: Feminism and the Figuration of Conspiracy 117
- 4 Fear of a Black Planet: "Black Paranoia" and the Aesthetics of Conspiracy 143
- 5 Body Panic 168
- 6 Everything is Connected 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415189772
- 0415189780
- OCLC:
- 44914283
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