Confessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America

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confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century america EDITED BY CHERYL GLENN AND J. MICHAEL HOGAN THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Editorial Board: Robert Asen (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Debra Hawhee (The Pennsylvania State University) Peter Levine (Tufts University) Steven J. Mailloux (University of California, Irvine) Krista Ratcliffe (Marquette University) Karen Tracy (University of Colorado, Boulder) Kirt Wilson (The Pennsylvania State University) David Zarefsky (Northwestern University) Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation is a series of groundbreaking monographs and edited volumes focusing on the character and quality of public discourse in politics and culture. It is sponsored by the Center for Democratic Deliberation, an interdisciplinary center for research, teaching, and outreach on issues of rhetoric, civic engagement, and public deliberation. Other books in the series: Karen Tracy, Challenges of Ordinary Democracy: A Case Study in Deliberation and Dissent / volume 1 Samuel McCormick, Letters to Power: Public Advocacy Without Public Intellectuals / volume 2 Christian Kock and Lisa Storm Villadsen, eds., Rhetorical Citizenship and Public Deliberation / volume 3 Jay Childers, The Evolving Citizen: American Youth, the Deliberative Impulse, and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement / volume 4 VOLUME 5 CONFESSIONAL CRISES AND CULTURAL POLITICS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA dave tell The Pennsylvania State University Press | University Park, Pennsylvania Some material in this book appeared, in a different form, in Dave Tell, “The Secular Confession of Jimmy Swaggart,” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 39, no. 2 (2009): 124–46. Reprinted by permission of Taylor & Francis Ltd, http://www. tandfonline.com/. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tell, Dave, 1976– Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America / Dave Tell. p. cm. — (Rhetoric and democratic deliberation) Summary: “Examines the role of confession in American culture. Argues that the genre of confession has profoundly shaped (and been shaped by) six of America’s most intractable cultural issues: sexuality, class, race, violence, religion, and democracy”— Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-271-05628-9 (alk. paper) 1. Confession—Psychology—History—20th century. 2. United States—Social life and customs—20th century. I. Title. BF634.T45 2013 306.0973’0904—dc23 2012017706 Copyright © 2012 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA 16802-1003 The Pennsylvania State University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses. It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Material, ANSI Z39.48–1992. This book is printed on Nature’s Natural, which contains 30% post-consumer waste. For hannah, jack, and ashlyn ...