The spaces of violence / James R. Giles.

Contents Violence and space -- Discovering fourthspace in Appalachia : Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark and Child of God -- Russell Banks's Affliction : "all those solitary dumb angry men" -- Of vultures, eyeballs, and parrots : Lewis Nordan's Wolf Whistle -- The myth of the Boatright Men : Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina -- Playing for death : Don Delillo's End Zone -- Drifting through Urantia : greyhound space in Denis Johnson's Angels -- The return of John Smith : Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer -- "The Battle of Bob Hope" and "The Great Elephant Zap" : Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers -- "I hope you didn't go into raw space without me": Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho -- Violence and family structures.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-202) and index.
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ISBN0817315020 (alk. paper)
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