Douglas Dowland is Associate Professor of English at Ohio Northern University and the author of Weak Nationalisms: Affect and Nonfiction in Postwar America.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: The Problem of Strong Nationalism 1. Hawkishness: John Steinbeck's Vietnam Journalism 2. Bile: Hunter S. Thompson's America 3. Futility: James Baldwin's The Evidence of Things Not Seen 4. Resentment: J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy 5. Depression: David Sedaris, Donald Trump, and the Divided Nation Conclusion: The Nation Needs Reading Notes Bibliography Index
"Dowland makes a convincing case for the importance of thinking about affect and nonfiction as a way not only to understand the political moment of the present but also to trace some of the ways this present has developed and come into being."--Sean Austin Grattan, author of Hope Isn't Stupid: Utopian Affects in Contemporary American Literature