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Author

Altman, Dennis, 1943-

Title Gore Vidal's America / Dennis Altman.

Published

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Store	973.92 ALTM MF22	AVAILABLE

Physical description	x, 216 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and indexes.
Contents	Preface: The Writer as Social Critic vii -- 1 Vidal's Life 6 -- 2 Celebrity 17 -- 3 America and Its History 29 -- Gore Vidal's American Chronicles 32 -- Growth of American empire 47 -- Masculinity and empire 59 -- 4 Politics 64 -- Vidal and America in the twenty-first century 81 -- Gore Vidal and "political correctness" 99 -- 5 Vidal as Writer 111 -- 6 Sex 127 -- Gore Vidal and queer theory 149 -- 7 Hollywood 155 -- 8 Religion 163 -- 9 Gore Vidal's America 173.
Subject	Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
	United States -- History -- 1945-
	United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
ISBN	0745633625 (hardback)
	0745633633 (paperback)