Marginalisation and Utopia in Paul Auster, Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits: The Other America

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Adriano Tedde

Marginalisation and Utopia in Paul Auster, Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits

The Other America

Adriano Tedde

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Routledge
25 September 2023

The Arts: General & Reference; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Regional studies; Humanities

Series: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture

This book explores how three contemporary American artists through the mediums of film, literature and popular music have contributed to the tradition of American progressivism, and provides an invaluable companion to the understanding of complex issues such as inequality and social and economic decline that are apparent in America today.

Connecting the works of these artists through a fictional country – the ‘Other America’ – the book shows how they have refuted middle-class values and goals of success, money and social affirmation to unveil the less celebrated, dark side of contemporary America, which, despite the troubles currently faced, never loses hope for a better future. This utopic vision in the face of adversity is explored through the plots, characters and mis-en-scène of Auster and Jarmusch’s work and Waits’s lyrics and sound. This vision challenges the dominant narratives of America as the land of opportunity and values democracy, civic engagement, communitarianism and egalitarianism.

Offering an important new perspective to literature on contemporary American culture, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of American studies, film studies, popular music, postmodern literature, cultural studies and sociology.

By: Adriano Tedde
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781032117157
ISBN 10: 103211715X
Series: Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
Pages: 212
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Adriano A. Tedde holds a PhD in American Studies from Griffith University, Australia (2019). His research interests are in US popular culture, US twentieth-century intellectual history and the history of neoliberalism. His articles have appeared in Literature Compass, Comparative American Studies and Riffs Journal.