Introduction
1 Family Values
Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye
Russell Banks Affliction
E.A.Proulx Teh Shipping News
Jay Mclnerney Bright Lights,Big City
Barbara kingsolver The Bean Trees
John Dufresne Louisiana Power&Light
2 Gender and History
Bobbie Ann Mason In Country
Jayne Anne Phillips Machine Dreams
Alice Walker The Color Purple
3 The West
Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian
E.A.Proulx Close Range
Sherman Alexie The Lone-Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heavenr
Tim O'Brien Northern Lights
Donald Antrim Elect Mr Robinson for a Better World
4 Consumerism,Media,Techology
E.L Doctorow Ragtime
Don Delillo White Noise
Don Delisso Mal II
Don Delisso Underworld
Po Bronson Bombardiers
5 Language and Power
6 Sport
7 Imaginging Subjectivity
Conclusion
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