Introduction: practices of hope and tales of disenchantment -- Nation: I like America -- Liberalism: Richard Chase's liberal allegories -- Humanism: the cant of pessimism and Newton Arvin's queer humanism -- Symbolism: the queerness of symbols
How gay memory suppressed after AIDS returns in visions of sexual identity and social idealism
The book delves into the evolution of interiority, examining how it has been shaped by state influences in both nineteenth-century America and contemporary society. It analyzes the interplay between individual perception and governmental structures, highlighting the impact of political and social contexts on personal identity and experience over time.