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Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture

The Politics of Self-Development

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  • © 2015

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  1. Thomas Phillips
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Decline of the West

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 9-34

  4. “A Warning to the Curious”

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 35-63

  5. Becoming-Woman

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 65-96

  6. Becoming-Liminal

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 97-121

  7. “Constant Craving Has Always Been”

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 123-144

  8. Becoming-Heavy

    • Thomas Phillips
    Pages 145-166

  9. On Love and Shadows

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    Pages 167-183

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-201
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Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture examines distinctive literary, musical, and cinematic narratives that seek to inspire critical thought and conduct through provocation. From Gogol's Dead Souls to Salinger's Franny and Zooey , Phillips argues liminal narratives offer an antidote to the modern commodification of the self.

About the author

Thomas Phillips is an English Lecturer at North Carolina State University, USA.

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