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Tables of Contents for American Magic and Dread
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
7
Children of Godard and Coca-Cola: Cinema and Consumerism in the Early Fiction
8
23
The Nature of Diminishing Existence
31
30
Boomerang: Ratner's Star Through the Looking Glass
61
38
Observing Obsession, Questioning the Quest
99
43
The Theology of Secrets
142
23
The American Book of the Dead: Channeling White Noise
165
27
Becoming Incorporated: Spectacular Authorship in Mao II
192
22
``Everything is connected'': Containment and Counterhistory in Underworld
214
47
Notes
261
18
Works Cited
279
14
Index
293
8
Acknowledgments
301