Mixed Media in Contemporary American Literature - Voices Gone Viral

After situating research through voices of nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature, this book examines the expressions of a multi-media vocality, examining the interactions among cultural polemics, aesthetic forms, and changing media in the twenty-first century.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1
Facing the Voices of the Imagetext in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen
Chapter 2
Voices within the Neoliberal Machine in David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King
Chapter 3
Listening to the Vocal Remix and Surround Sound of Jennifer Egan’s Goon Squad
Chapter 4
Vocal and Comic Deformance in Michael Chabon and Junot Díaz
Chapter 5
The M/other Tongues of Michel Cunningham, Joseph O’Neill, and Colum McCann
Conclusion

About the author

Joelle Mann is faculty in the Writing Initiative at Binghamton University, where she teaches courses on composition, rhetoric, technical writing, and digital writing. Joelle’s research investigates changing medial tropes and their sociopolitical implications in multimodal literature and writing. Aside from earning her doctorate from Stony Brook University, Joelle also has advanced teaching certifications in Media, Art, and Technology as well as in Cultural Studies. She is on the executive board for the SUNY Council on Writing, and she has published articles in a variety of literary journals, including Critique: Contemporary Studies in Fiction, Children’s Literature, The American Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literature, and Pedagogy and Literary Studies.

Summary

After situating research through voices of nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature, this book examines the expressions of a multi-media vocality, examining the interactions among cultural polemics, aesthetic forms, and changing media in the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Joelle Mann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032028811
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202881-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, Media Studies, Linguistics, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, ART / Mixed Media, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000