Title Real phonies : cultures of authenticity in post-World War II America / Abigail Cheever.

Publication Info.	Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2010]
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Description	1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: "Individuality in name only" -- Postwar teenagers and the attitude of authenticity -- From madness to the Prozac Americans -- "They didn't do it for thrills": serial killing and the problem of motive -- Assimilation, authenticity, and "natural Jewishness" -- "The man he almost is": performativity and the corporate narrative -- Conclusion: "Collage is the art form of the twentieth century."
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Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Self in literature.
	Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature.
	Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Identity (Psychology) in literature.
	Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.
	Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
	Agent (Philosophy) in literature. (OCoLC)fst00800206
	American literature. (OCoLC)fst00807113
	Authenticity (Philosophy) in literature. (OCoLC)fst00821636
	Identity (Psychology) in literature. (OCoLC)fst00966910
	Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00966911
	Literature and society. (OCoLC)fst01000096
	Self in literature. (OCoLC)fst01111462
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Cheever, Abigail, 1970- Real phonies. Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2010 9780820332833 (DLC) 2009024805 (OCoLC)318866861
ISBN	9780820336015 (electronic bk.)
	0820336017 (electronic bk.)

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