The Resource The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state, Timothy Melley
The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state, Timothy Melley
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- Summary
- "In The Covert Sphere, Melley links this cultural shift to the birth of the national security state in 1947. As the United States developed a vast infrastructure of clandestine organizations, it shielded policy from the public sphere and gave rise to a new cultural imaginary, "the covert sphere." One of the surprising consequences of state secrecy is that citizens must rely substantially on fiction to "know," or imagine, their nation's foreign policy. The potent combination of institutional secrecy and public fascination with the secret work of the state was instrumental in fostering the culture of suspicion and uncertainty that has plagued American society ever since--and, Melley argues, that would eventually find its fullest expression in postmodernism. The Covert Sphere traces these consequences from the Korean War through the War on Terror, examining how a regime of psychological operations and covert action has made the conflation of reality and fiction a central feature of both U.S. foreign policy and American culture. Melley interweaves Cold War history with political theory and original readings of films, television dramas, and popular entertainments--from The Manchurian Candidate through 24--as well as influential writing by Margaret Atwood, Robert Coover, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, E.L. Doctorow, Michael Herr, Denis Johnson, Norman Mailer, Tim O'Brien, and many others."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- "The Covert Sphere "; "Contents "; "Preface "; "Introduction: The Postmodern Public Sphere "; "Cold War Redux "; "We Now Know "; "Public Secrets "; "Mere Entertainment "; "Strategic Irrationalism "; "Representations of the Covert State "; "1. Brainwashed! "; "The Faisalabad Candidate "; "Brain Warfare "; "Little Shop of Horrors "; "Softening Up Our Boys "; "Renditions "; "2. Spectacles of Secrecy "; "Trial by Simulation "; "Political Theater "; "Recovered (National) Memory "; "The State�s Two Faces "; "Fakery in Allegiance to the Truth "; "The Fabulist Spy "
- "3. False Documents " "True Lies "; "Enemies of the State "; "Psy Ops "; "The Epistemology of Vietnam "; "4. The Work of Art in the Age of Plausible Deniability "; "Narrative Dysfunction "; "Calculated Ellipsis "; "The Feminization of the Public Sphere "; "The Journalist as Patsy "; "Metafiction in Wartime "; "5. Postmodern Amnesia "; "Assassins of Memory "; "The Dialectics of Spectacle and Secrecy "; "Secret History "; "The Magic Show "; "6. The Geopolitical Melodrama "; "Ground Zero "; "Enemies, Foreign and Domestic "; "Whatever It Takes "; "Demonology "; "Melodrama as Policy " "Notes "; "Works Cited "; "Index "
- Isbn
- 9780801465475
- Label
- The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state
- Title
- The covert sphere
- Title remainder
- secrecy, fiction, and the national security state
- Statement of responsibility
- Timothy Melley
- Subject
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- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Espionage in literature
- Espionage in literature
- Geheimdienst
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Literatur
- Literature and history
- Literature and history -- United States
- Massenkultur
- National security -- Social aspects -- United States
- Politische Einstellung
- Popular culture -- Political aspects
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Secrecy in literature
- Secrecy in literature
- Spionage
- Spy stories, American
- Spy stories, American -- History and criticism
- Terrorism in literature
- Terrorism in literature
- Terrorismus
- United States
- University of South Alabama
- World politics in literature
- World politics in literature
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-2099
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In The Covert Sphere, Melley links this cultural shift to the birth of the national security state in 1947. As the United States developed a vast infrastructure of clandestine organizations, it shielded policy from the public sphere and gave rise to a new cultural imaginary, "the covert sphere." One of the surprising consequences of state secrecy is that citizens must rely substantially on fiction to "know," or imagine, their nation's foreign policy. The potent combination of institutional secrecy and public fascination with the secret work of the state was instrumental in fostering the culture of suspicion and uncertainty that has plagued American society ever since--and, Melley argues, that would eventually find its fullest expression in postmodernism. The Covert Sphere traces these consequences from the Korean War through the War on Terror, examining how a regime of psychological operations and covert action has made the conflation of reality and fiction a central feature of both U.S. foreign policy and American culture. Melley interweaves Cold War history with political theory and original readings of films, television dramas, and popular entertainments--from The Manchurian Candidate through 24--as well as influential writing by Margaret Atwood, Robert Coover, Don DeLillo, Joan Didion, E.L. Doctorow, Michael Herr, Denis Johnson, Norman Mailer, Tim O'Brien, and many others."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Melley, Timothy
- Dewey number
- 813/.087209
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- PS374.S764
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Spy stories, American
- American fiction
- Espionage in literature
- Terrorism in literature
- Secrecy in literature
- World politics in literature
- Literature and history
- National security
- Popular culture
- Popular culture
- University of South Alabama
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- World politics in literature
- Secrecy in literature
- Popular culture
- Literature and history
- American fiction
- Espionage in literature
- Spy stories, American
- Terrorism in literature
- United States
- Literatur
- Spionage
- Terrorismus
- Geheimdienst
- Massenkultur
- Politische Einstellung
- Label
- The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state, Timothy Melley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-277)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- "The Covert Sphere "; "Contents "; "Preface "; "Introduction: The Postmodern Public Sphere "; "Cold War Redux "; "We Now Know "; "Public Secrets "; "Mere Entertainment "; "Strategic Irrationalism "; "Representations of the Covert State "; "1. Brainwashed! "; "The Faisalabad Candidate "; "Brain Warfare "; "Little Shop of Horrors "; "Softening Up Our Boys "; "Renditions "; "2. Spectacles of Secrecy "; "Trial by Simulation "; "Political Theater "; "Recovered (National) Memory "; "The State�s Two Faces "; "Fakery in Allegiance to the Truth "; "The Fabulist Spy "
- "3. False Documents " "True Lies "; "Enemies of the State "; "Psy Ops "; "The Epistemology of Vietnam "; "4. The Work of Art in the Age of Plausible Deniability "; "Narrative Dysfunction "; "Calculated Ellipsis "; "The Feminization of the Public Sphere "; "The Journalist as Patsy "; "Metafiction in Wartime "; "5. Postmodern Amnesia "; "Assassins of Memory "; "The Dialectics of Spectacle and Secrecy "; "Secret History "; "The Magic Show "; "6. The Geopolitical Melodrama "; "Ground Zero "; "Enemies, Foreign and Domestic "; "Whatever It Takes "; "Demonology "; "Melodrama as Policy " "Notes "; "Works Cited "; "Index "
- Control code
- 961606249
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801465475
- Lccn
- 2019725522
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
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- 40021587695
- 10.7591/9780801465918
- ebc3138392
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt8h6s5
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961606249
- Label
- The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state, Timothy Melley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-277)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "The Covert Sphere "; "Contents "; "Preface "; "Introduction: The Postmodern Public Sphere "; "Cold War Redux "; "We Now Know "; "Public Secrets "; "Mere Entertainment "; "Strategic Irrationalism "; "Representations of the Covert State "; "1. Brainwashed! "; "The Faisalabad Candidate "; "Brain Warfare "; "Little Shop of Horrors "; "Softening Up Our Boys "; "Renditions "; "2. Spectacles of Secrecy "; "Trial by Simulation "; "Political Theater "; "Recovered (National) Memory "; "The State�s Two Faces "; "Fakery in Allegiance to the Truth "; "The Fabulist Spy "
- "3. False Documents " "True Lies "; "Enemies of the State "; "Psy Ops "; "The Epistemology of Vietnam "; "4. The Work of Art in the Age of Plausible Deniability "; "Narrative Dysfunction "; "Calculated Ellipsis "; "The Feminization of the Public Sphere "; "The Journalist as Patsy "; "Metafiction in Wartime "; "5. Postmodern Amnesia "; "Assassins of Memory "; "The Dialectics of Spectacle and Secrecy "; "Secret History "; "The Magic Show "; "6. The Geopolitical Melodrama "; "Ground Zero "; "Enemies, Foreign and Domestic "; "Whatever It Takes "; "Demonology "; "Melodrama as Policy " "Notes "; "Works Cited "; "Index "
- Control code
- 961606249
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780801465475
- Lccn
- 2019725522
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
-
- 40021587695
- 10.7591/9780801465918
- ebc3138392
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt8h6s5
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961606249
Subject
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Espionage in literature
- Espionage in literature
- Geheimdienst
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Literatur
- Literature and history
- Literature and history -- United States
- Massenkultur
- National security -- Social aspects -- United States
- Politische Einstellung
- Popular culture -- Political aspects
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Secrecy in literature
- Secrecy in literature
- Spionage
- Spy stories, American
- Spy stories, American -- History and criticism
- Terrorism in literature
- Terrorism in literature
- Terrorismus
- United States
- University of South Alabama
- World politics in literature
- World politics in literature
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-2099
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