Latent Destinies: Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative

by Patrick O'Donnell

Book Overview

Latent Destinies examines the formation of postmodern sensibilities and their relationship to varieties of paranoia that have been seen as widespread in this century. Despite the fact that the Cold War has ended and the threat of nuclear annihilation has been dramatically lessened by most estimates, the paranoia that has characterized the period has not gone away. Indeed, it is as if--as O'Donnell suggests--this paranoia has been internalized,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082232587X
• ISBN13: 9780822325871
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"