The Devil's Messages: Language and Contested Space in 20th Century America Contributor(s): Aiello, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1621315657 ISBN-13: 9781621315650 Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $72.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - History |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 250 pages |
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Publisher Description: The evolution of American cultural history pivots on those moments, large and small, where definitions break down, where meaning is contested, and a new kind of understanding is created in the bargain. We would be hard pressed to call that evolution progress, as new situational realities are defined by their newness and the situations that create them, but they breed difference, nonetheless, and create a new synthesis from the rubble. Those situational realities are created by shifts in meaning, by the cross-currents of language, which ultimately drive the system--not forward, perhaps, but into a new state of being, for better or worse, depending on one's own needs or beliefs. |