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OverviewThis collection of essays comprises cultural analyses of practices of eremitism and reclusiveness in the USA, which are inseparably linked to the American ideals of individualism and freedom. Covering a time frame from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century, the essays study cultural products such as novels, poems, plays, songs, paintings, television shows, films, and social media, which represent the costs and benefits of deliberate withdrawal and involuntary isolation from society. Thus, this book offers valuable contributions to contemporary cultural discourses on privacy, surveillance, new technology, pathology, anti-consumerism, simplification, and environmentalism. Solitaries can be read as trailblazers for an alternative future or as symptoms of a pathological society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stefan Hippler , Ina BergmannPublisher: Peter Lang AG Imprint: Peter Lang AG Edition: New edition Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9783631679074ISBN 10: 3631679076 Pages: 330 Publication Date: 22 June 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsSolitude and American Studies – Language, Body, and Gender – Gender, Politics, and Poetics – Society, Spirituality, and Religion – Space, Gender, and Ethnicity – Space, Identity, and Pathology – Technology, Community, and IdentityReviewsAuthor InformationIna Bergmann is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Stefan Hippler is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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