The Metanarrative of Suspicion in Late Twentieth-Century America / Edition 1 in Bloomington, MN

Narratives of suspicion and mistrust have escaped the boundaries of specific sites of discourse to constitue a metanarrative that pervades American culture. Through close reading of texts ranging from novels (Pynchon's
Vineland,
Silko's
Almanac of the Dead
, Pierce's
The Turner Diaries
) to prison literature, this book examines the ways in which narratives of suspicion are both constitutive—and symptomatic—of a metanarrative that pervades American culture.