LEADER 00000cam a22006493i 4500 001 ocn966288003 003 OCoLC 005 20190111050537.8 006 m o d 007 cr cnu|||unuuu 008 161215s2016 xx o 000 0 eng d 019 966566680 020 9781443848138|q(electronic book) 020 1443848131|q(electronic book) 020 |z9781443897969 020 |z1443897965 035 (OCoLC)966288003|z(OCoLC)966566680 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dIDEBK|dEBLCP|dYDX|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ 049 RIDW 050 4 PS374.D96 072 7 LIT|x004020|2bisacsh 082 04 813.609372|223 090 PS374.D96 100 1 Radia, Pavlina.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ nb2013005917 245 10 Ecstatic Consumption: The Spectacle of Global Dystopia in Contemporary American Literature. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bCambridge Scholars Publishing :|bCambridge Scholars Publishing, |c2016. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 505 0 Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Spectacle of Consumption; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Part II: The Ecstasy of (Multi)Culturalism; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Part III: The Global Appetite for Dystopia; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 520 While modernity aspired to "fix" radical alienation through aesthetics by assigning an ethical value to narratives, contemporary literature and the arts are no longer immune to the impact of commodity culture amplified by globalization. In the world of commodity, corporate logic, and cyborgs, the very notion of identity is frequently turned into a spectacle. Yet, it is also simultaneously mobilized by the search for what Jean Baudrillard describes as the "ecstatic" form that materializes aesthetics. Ecstatic Consumption: The Spectacle of Global Dystopia in Contemporary American Literature inve. 588 0 Vendor-supplied metadata. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 21st century|2fast 648 7 20th century|2fast 648 7 1900-2099|2fast 650 0 Dystopias in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh96002302 650 0 Consumption (Economics) in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/subjects/sh94003885 650 0 American fiction|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85004317|y21st century|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2002012478|xHistory and criticism.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001187 650 0 American fiction|y20th century|xHistory and criticism. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100687 650 7 Dystopias in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/900374 650 7 Consumption (Economics) in literature.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/876484 650 7 American fiction.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 807048 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 |cOriginal|z1443897965|z9781443897969|w(OCoLC)959329753 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1439259|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20190118|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 1-11-19 6702 |lridw 994 92|bRID