 | Anti-Apocalypse: Exercises in Genealogical Criticism Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory etc.; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism -- Theory etc.; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Literature and society -- United States --; Drawing on feminist and Foucauldian theory, Quinby offers a powerful critique of the millenarian rhetoric that pervades American culture. Tracing the deployment of power through systems of alliance, sexuality, and technology, the author promotes a variety of critical stancesOCogenealogical feminism, an ethics of the flesh, and OC pissed criticismOCOOCoas challenges to apocalyptic claims for absolute truth and universal morality." |
