Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972–2017

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Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972–2017 is written by Michael J. Blouin and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319893874 (ISBN 10) and 9783319893877 (ISBN 13).

Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972–2017 tracks the transformation of liberal thought in the contemporary United States through the unique lens of the popular paperback. The book focuses on cultural shifts as they appear in works written by some of the most widely-read authors of the last fifty years: the idea of love within a New Economy (Danielle Steel), the role of government in scientific inquiry (Michael Crichton), entangled political alliances and legacies in the aftermath of the 1960s (Tom Clancy), the restructured corporation (John Grisham), and the blurred line between state and personal empowerment (Dean Koontz). To address the current crisis, this book examines how the changed character of American liberalism has been rendered legible for a mass audience.