Name: American Fantastic. Myths of Violence and Redemption
SKU: 65696111
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Author: Derek J. Thiess
ISBN: 9780299355104

portada American Fantastic. Myths of Violence and Redemption

American Fantastic. Myths of Violence and Redemption

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

University of Wisconsin Press

Autor

Derek J. Thiess

Año

2026

N° páginas

288

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2 cm

ISBN13

9780299355104

American Fantastic. Myths of Violence and Redemption

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American Fantastic challenges readers to recognize an organizing myth in modern American culture's perception of its imperialist past: 'the myth of redemptive violence.' Derek J. Thiess persuasively argues that this myth serves to obscure the deep thread of Christian supremacy that underwrites America's colonial and imperial impulse, from the early colonial period to westward expansion to the contemporary period. This American imaginary that enmeshes religion with violence is constructed in multiple contentious and productive contact zones: between genres, between cultures, and between past and present. Thiess's interdisciplinary study examines America's past and present imperial projects, from the periphery of the Hawaiian Islands to the mainland core, as they proliferate in popular story forms. By interrogating American myths, legends, and fantastic narratives across an impressive array of genres, including folk narratives, science fiction, movies, and more, Thiess exposes how the 'myth of redemptive violence' manifests in contemporary constructions of America's fantastic imaginaries.