Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017.
Blouin, Michael J., author.
2018
HM621-HM656
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Title Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017.
Author Blouin, Michael J., author.
ISBN 3319893874
9783319893877
3319893866
9783319893860
9783319893884 (print)
3319893882
9783030077570 (print)
3030077578
9783319893860 (hbk.)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89387-7
Imprint Springer International Publishing.
Published Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (IX, 253 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-89387-7 doi
Call Number HM621-HM656
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.0973
Summary Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017 tracks the transformation of liberal thought in the contemporary United States through the unique lens of the popular paperback. The book focuses on cultural shifts as they appear in works written by some of the most widely-read authors of the last fifty years: the idea of love within a New Economy (Danielle Steel), the role of government in scientific inquiry (Michael Crichton), entangled political alliances and legacies in the aftermath of the 1960s (Tom Clancy), the restructured corporation (John Grisham), and the blurred line between state and personal empowerment (Dean Koontz). To address the current crisis, this book examines how the changed character of American liberalism has been rendered legible for a mass audience.
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1. Introduction: Popular Paperbacks and the Transformation of American Liberalism
2. The Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic of Mass-Market Fiction
3. Danielle Steel and New Home Economics
4. Michael Crichton and the Heritage of Invention
5. Tom Clancy and the Liberal Family Tree
6. John Grisham and the New Economy Thriller
7. Dean Koontz and the Problem with Power.

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