Nationhood and improvised belief in American fiction
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Nationhood and improvised belief in American fiction
Lexington Books, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-111) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Nationhood and Improvised Belief in American Fiction highlights the ways religious belief and practice intersect with questions of national belonging in the work of major contemporary writers. Through readings of novels by Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, Cristina Garcia, and others, this book argues that the representations of syncretic, culturally hybrid, and improvised forms of religious practice operate in these novels as critiques of exclusionary constructions of national identity, providing models for alternate ways of belonging based on shared religious beliefs and practices. Rather than treating the religious history of the U.S. as one of increasing secularization, this book instead calls for greater attention to the diversity of religious experience in the U.S., as well as a deeper understanding of the ways in which these experiences can inform relationships to the national community.
目次
Introduction: Postsecularism and Contemporary American Fiction
Chapter 1: Religious Syncretization and Survivance in Louise Erdrich's Reservation Novels
Chapter 2: Unchurched Preachers and Wanton Women: Spirituality, Community, and Nationhood in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Paradise
Chapter 3: Religious Performance in Diaspora in the Novels of Cristina Garcia
Afterward: Toward a Global Postsecular Studies
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