Michael Chabon's America Magical Words, Secret Worlds, and Sacred Spaces

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Bob Batchelor and Jesse Kavadlo
1: Real Maps of Imaginary Worlds; or, Michael Chabon, Shadowtail - Jesse Kavadlo
Chronicling Popular Culture
2: The Dudes Abide: Examining Clinton-Era Identity in Wonder Boys and The Big Lebowski - Bob Batchelor
3: Quentin Tarantino and the Paradox of Popular Culture in Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue - John Joseph Hess
4: Driving Away: Muscle Cars, Loss, and Unrequited Travels with Chabon - Charli Valdez
5: "Guess Who I am Now": On Communication and Childhood in Michael Chabon's 'Lost World' Stories - Mike Witcombe
Chabon's Mysteries: Comics and Genre
6: Comix Remix, or, The Strange Case of Mr. Chabon - Stephen Hock
7: "An American Golem:" The Necessity of Myth in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Seth Johnson
8: The Chatter of an African Gray Parrot: The Final Solution as Postmodern Detective Fiction - Marjorie Worthington
9: Genre for Justice: The Final Solution and The Yiddish Policemen's Union as Reflections of Golden Age Detective Fiction Texts - Monica Lott
Ethnicity, Gender, and Masculinity in Chabon's Oeuvre
10: Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road and the Rejection of Communal Identity as Heroic Quest - Eric Sandberg
11: Solving the Jewish Case: Metaphorical Detection in Michael Chabon's The Final Solution and The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Inbar Kaminsky
12: Not Growing Old but Growing Up: Appropriate Masculine Identity in Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys - Alex Hobbs
13: Queer Masculinities in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Manhood for Amateurs - Josef Benson
Chabon's American Expression
14: Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys and Therapeutic Creativity - David McKay Powell
15: American Prowess Deconstructed: Michael Chabon and the Merger of Naturalism and Fantasy - Jake Sudderth
16: "Hope Unfulfilled, Not Yet Betrayed": Michael Chabon's Nostalgia for the Future - Matt Kavanagh
Index
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