U.S. culture in the long nineties Wegner, Phillip E. 1964- creator text bibliography ncu Durham [NC] Duke University Press 2009 monographic eng

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279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Introduction: the present as a moment of danger -- The two deaths of the 1990s -- October 3, 1951, to September 11, 2001 : periodizing the Cold War in Don Delillo's Underworld -- I'll be back : repetitions and revisions in the Terminator films -- A fine tradition : the remaking of the United States in Cape Fear -- Where the prospective horizon is omitted : naturalism, dystopia, and politics in Fight Club and Ghost Dog -- A nightmare on the brain of the living : Messianic historicity, alienations and Independence Day -- As many as possible, thinking as much as possible : figures of the multitude In Joe Haldeman's Forever trilogy -- We're family : monstrous kinships, fidelity, and the event in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Octavia Butler's parable novels Phillip E. Wegner. Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index. n-us--- Nineteen nineties United States Civilization 1970- United States History 1969- Estados Unidos Civilización 1970- Estados Unidos Historia 1969- 002 E 169.12 W412l 2009 973.92 9780822344582 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822344735 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2009003276 NcD/DLC 090129 20230404125751.0 122712 eng