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245 10 a| Manufacturing dissent :b| American modernism and the science of belief /c| Stephanie Hawkins.;

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490 1 a| Cambridge studies in American literature and culture;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "Manufacturing Dissent reveals how the early twentieth century's "lost generation" of writers, artists, and intellectuals combated disinformation and "fake news." Cultural historians, literary scholars, and those interested in the power of literature to encourage critical thought and promote democracy will find this book of particular value. The book is interdisciplinary, focusing on the rich literary and artistic period of American modernism as a new site for examining the psychology of public opinion and the role of cognition in the formation of beliefs. The emerging twentieth-century neuroscience of "plasticity," habit, and attention that Harvard psychologist William James helped pioneer becomes fertile ground for an experimental variety of literature that Hawkins argues is "mind science" in its own right. Writers as diverse as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein sought a public-spirited critique of propaganda and disinformation that expresses their civic engagement in promoting democratic dissent."-- Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| Introduction: manufacturing dissent - the "Pound Case" -- Staging consent: reform modernism in Henry James and Harold Frederic -- In the trenches of public opinion: conversion technique and the aesthetics of exposure in John dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway -- World War gothic: modernism's sick souls and techniques of dissociation in F. Scott Fitzgerald and Katherine Anne Porter -- Disgust and mental detection: converting conspi/racist thought in William Faulkner and Jean Toomer -- Hoodoo conversions: humor and psychological protest in Zora Neale Hurston and Gertrude Stein -- Conclusion: modernity's phantom publics.;

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Manufacturing dissent : American modernism and the science of belief / Stephanie Hawkins.

Author/creator	Hawkins, Stephanie L., 1971- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Modernism (Literature)--United States. Literature and society--United States. --History. --20th century. Disinformation--United States. --History. --20th century. Public opinion--United States. --History. --20th century.

Series	Cambridge studies in American literature and culture Cambridge studies in American literature and culture. ^A664069
Contents	Introduction: manufacturing dissent - the "Pound Case" -- Staging consent: reform modernism in Henry James and Harold Frederic -- In the trenches of public opinion: conversion technique and the aesthetics of exposure in John dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway -- World War gothic: modernism's sick souls and techniques of dissociation in F. Scott Fitzgerald and Katherine Anne Porter -- Disgust and mental detection: converting conspi/racist thought in William Faulkner and Jean Toomer -- Hoodoo conversions: humor and psychological protest in Zora Neale Hurston and Gertrude Stein -- Conclusion: modernity's phantom publics.
Abstract	"Manufacturing Dissent reveals how the early twentieth century's "lost generation" of writers, artists, and intellectuals combated disinformation and "fake news." Cultural historians, literary scholars, and those interested in the power of literature to encourage critical thought and promote democracy will find this book of particular value. The book is interdisciplinary, focusing on the rich literary and artistic period of American modernism as a new site for examining the psychology of public opinion and the role of cognition in the formation of beliefs. The emerging twentieth-century neuroscience of "plasticity," habit, and attention that Harvard psychologist William James helped pioneer becomes fertile ground for an experimental variety of literature that Hawkins argues is "mind science" in its own right. Writers as diverse as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein sought a public-spirited critique of propaganda and disinformation that expresses their civic engagement in promoting democratic dissent."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Hawkins, Stephanie L., 1971- Manufacturing dissent Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025 9781009574655
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781009574655
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
LCCN	2025011808
ISBN	9781009574679
ISBN	1009574671 hardcover
ISBN	9781009574693 paperback
ISBN	1009574698 paperback
ISBN	electronic publication

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