Paradigms of Paranoia – The Culture of Conspiracy in Contemporary American Fict…

Paradigms of ParanoiaThe Culture of Conspiracy in Contemporary American Fiction\nAuthor(s): Samuel Chase Coale\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817359508, 978-0817359508\nSynopsis\nAn examination of the American fascination with conspiracy and the distrust it sows \n\n The recent popularity of The DaVinci Code and The Matrix trilogy exemplifies the fascination Americans have with conspiracy-driven subjects. Though scholars have suggested that in modern times the JFK assassination initiated an industry of conspiracy ([url] Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, Area 51, Iran-Contra Affair), Samuel Chase Coale reminds us in this book that conspiracy is foundational in American culturefrom the apocalyptic Biblical narratives in early Calvinist households to the fear of Mormon, Catholic, Jewish, and immigrant populations in the 19th century.\n\n Coale argues that contemporary culturea landscape.