Offering a world full of traumatized characters trapped in a consumerist society where men, women, sex and gender have become unstable commodities, Chuck Palahniuk has become one of the most controversial of contemporary novelists. This book is the first guide to bring together scholars from a full range of critical perspectives to explore three of Palahniuk's most widely-studied novels: Fight Club, Invisible Monsters and Choke. Examining these works in light of such key critical themes as violence, masculinity, postmodern aesthetics and trauma, the book also explores the ethical dimension of…mehr
Offering a world full of traumatized characters trapped in a consumerist society where men, women, sex and gender have become unstable commodities, Chuck Palahniuk has become one of the most controversial of contemporary novelists. This book is the first guide to bring together scholars from a full range of critical perspectives to explore three of Palahniuk's most widely-studied novels: Fight Club, Invisible Monsters and Choke. Examining these works in light of such key critical themes as violence, masculinity, postmodern aesthetics and trauma, the book also explores the ethical dimension of Palahniuk's work that is often lost in the heat of the controversies surrounding his books. Together with annotated guides to further reading, Chuck Palahniuk also includes section introductions surveying the contexts and reception of each novel, making this an essential guide for students and scholars of contemporary literature.
Francisco Collado-Rodriguez is Professor of English at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. He is a former President of the Spanish Association for American Studies and his previous publications include (as co-editor) Masculinities, Femininities and the Power of the Hybrid in US Narratives.
Inhaltsangabe
Series Editor's Introduction Sarah Graham Acknowledgements Introduction: Chuck Palahniuk and the posthuman being Francisco Collado-Rodríguez Part I: Fight Club 1. Violence Spaces and a Fragmenting Consciousness in Fight Club James R. Giles 2. The Avatars of Masculinity: How Not to Be a Man Eduardo Mendieta 3. Body Contact : Acting Out is the Best Defense in Fight Club Laurie Vickroy Part II: Invisible Monsters Introduction 4. Invisible Monsters and Palahniuk's Perverse Sublime Andrew Slade 5. The opposite of a miracle: Trauma in Invisible Monsters Richard Viskovic and Eluned Summers-Bremner 6. From Solid to Liquid: Invisible Monsters and the Blank Fiction Road Story Sonia Baelo-Allué Part III: Choke Introduction 7. Chuck Palahniuk's Edible Complex Jesse Kavadlo 8. Anger Anguish and Art: Choke David Cowart 9. Addiction in Choke Nieves Pascual Works Cited Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index
Series Editor's Introduction Sarah Graham Acknowledgements Introduction: Chuck Palahniuk and the posthuman being Francisco Collado-Rodríguez Part I: Fight Club 1. Violence Spaces and a Fragmenting Consciousness in Fight Club James R. Giles 2. The Avatars of Masculinity: How Not to Be a Man Eduardo Mendieta 3. Body Contact : Acting Out is the Best Defense in Fight Club Laurie Vickroy Part II: Invisible Monsters Introduction 4. Invisible Monsters and Palahniuk's Perverse Sublime Andrew Slade 5. The opposite of a miracle: Trauma in Invisible Monsters Richard Viskovic and Eluned Summers-Bremner 6. From Solid to Liquid: Invisible Monsters and the Blank Fiction Road Story Sonia Baelo-Allué Part III: Choke Introduction 7. Chuck Palahniuk's Edible Complex Jesse Kavadlo 8. Anger Anguish and Art: Choke David Cowart 9. Addiction in Choke Nieves Pascual Works Cited Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index
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