@inbook{71460ac491c843bf8e4db1680b7b4f90,
title = "Reading Chuck Palahniuk{\textquoteright}s Survivor (2000) and Haunted (2005) as critique of {\textquoteleft}The Culture Industry'",
abstract = "This chapter examines the concept of in/authenticity in Chuck Palahniuk{\textquoteright}s work, specifically his novels Survivor, Haunted and Lullaby. Through the use of cultural theory it explores how these texts engage with what it means to be authentic or {\textquoteleft}true to oneself{\textquoteright} in a contemporary American landscape dominated by the distorting artificiality of pervasive cultural forces such as the mass media and advertising.",
keywords = "Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor, Haunted, Lullaby, Critique, Culture Industry",
author = "David Simmons and Nicola Allen and Cynthia Kuhn and Lance Rubin",
year = "2009",
month = oct,
day = "11",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780415998109",
volume = "2",
series = "Routledge studies in contemporary literature",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "116--128",
booktitle = "Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem",
address = "United Kingdom",
}