The Art of Looking Back

Joan Didion and American Nostalgia

Maggie McKinley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2026
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-8609-1 (ISBN)

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In The Art of Looking Back, Maggie McKinley evaluates the complex nature of nostalgia in the canon of Joan Didion, a theme that has often been taken for granted, oversimplified, and misunderstood. In reassessing this fraught concept, McKinley emphasizes the productive rather than regressive or escapist qualities of nostalgia in Didion's work, highlighting its role as a critical tool used to dissect cultural myths and understand individual identity. McKinley's contextualized analysis offers a nuanced understanding of Didion's views of American history, national rhetoric, hubris, gender politics, grief and loss, and more, underscoring why Didion's writing remains deeply relevant as a cultural touchstone in the twenty-first century.

Maggie McKinley is professor of English at Harper College. She is the author of Understanding Norman Mailer and Masculinity and the Paradox of Violence in American Fiction, 1950–75, and the editor of Norman Mailer in Context and Philip Roth in Context.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.5.2026
Verlagsort	Baton Rouge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-8071-8609-0 / 0807186090
ISBN-13	978-0-8071-8609-1 / 9780807186091
Zustand	Neuware