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Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia / Gabe Rikard.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.C337 Z85 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rikard, Gabe.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023--Criticism and interpretation.
- McCarthy, Cormac.
- McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Appalachian Region--In literature.
- Appalachian Region.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina, : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "The author uses Michel Foucault's theories on power, resistance and discipline to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to "modernize" them. The book shows how Cormac McCarthy manipulates Appalachian regional images while simultaneously engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: An archeology of authority and Appalachia
- Spatializing conduits: The roads of Appalachia
- Modernizing discipline: Mill villages, metropolises, and mountaineers
- A case of the superlative: Lester Ballard, mountaineers, children of god and men
- The construction and maintenance of an icon, or fantasizing the mountaineer
- Coda: Atavising the mountaineer: The road.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786474592
- 0786474599
- OCLC:
- 823897631
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