Transgressive fiction explores the crossing of boundaries. Because of its extreme content and style, it is often considered controversial. However, transgressive fiction is not just shocking or disruptive. It is a continuation of an American tradition of creating culture through the crossing of moral, geographical and social boundaries. Extreme States traces the evolution of American transgressive fiction from the 1960s to 2000, exploring how transgressive fiction reflects, exaggerates and critically interrogates how central American ideologies are perpetually (re)constructed in its extra-textual context.
| ISBN: | 9780367664534 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2020 |
| Author: | Coco DHont |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 188 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary theory |