Poetics of Politics : Textuality and Social Relevance in Contemporary American Literature and Culture.

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Intro Table of Content S.M. HERRMANN, K. KANZLER, S. SCHUBERT -- Introduction: The Poetics of Politics Film and Television ANDREW HOBEREK -- Thinking Institutionally: ""Argo, Zero Dark Thirty"", and the Politics of Contemporary Historical Films FELIX BRINKER -- On the Formal Politics of Narratively Complex Television Series: Operational Self-Reflexivity and Audience Management in ""Fringe"" and ""Homeland ELEONORA RAVIZZA -- The Politics of Melodrama: Nostalgia, Performance, and Gender Roles in ""Revolutionary Road MICHAEL BUTTER -- American Basterds: The Deconstruction of World War II Myths in Steven Soderbergh's ""The Good German"" and Quentin Tarantino's ""Inglourious BasterdsDOROTHEA GAIL, RAY CANOY -- The Last Days of American Civilization: The Poetics of Righteous Violence in Bob Goldthwait's Black Comedy ""God Bless America Nonfiction BRUNO ARICH-GERZ -- Poetics of Disaster: Filmic Elements and Traces of Fiction Literature in the ""9/11 Commission Report"": Frames and Functions of a Generic Hybrid SEBASTIAN M. HERRMANN -- Foggy Realisms? Fiction, Nonfiction, and Political Affect in Larry Beinhart's ""Fog Facts"" and ""The LibrarianCAROLIN ALICE HOFMANN -- Testifying by Proxy: A Trauma Studies Approach to ""The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Literature KATJA KANZLER -- Post-Race Ideology and the Poetics of Genre in David Mamet's ""Race HANS FRESE -- The Great American Novel and Beyond: Jonathan Franzenand the Legacy of the Culture Wars ILKA SAAL -- "Just as Good as the Real Thing": ""Historiopoiesis"" in Third-Generation Narratives on Slavery OLESYA BONDARENKO -- "Inherently Political": Rancièrian Philosophy and Language WritingSABRINA HÜTTNER -- Politics of Dissent: Reconsidering 'the Political' in Tony Kushner's ""Homebody/Kabul New Media STEFAN SCHUBERT -- Objectivism, Narrative Agency, and the Politics of Choice in the Video Game ""BioShock SOPHIE SPIELER -- "Our Everyday Is Better Than Your Best Day": Spectacle and the Politics of Ambiguity on the ""Tumblr"" Blog ""Rich Kids of Instagram FRANK USBECK -- "The Power of the Story": 'Popular Narratology' in Pentagon Reports on Social Media Use in the Military