Consumer Culture and the Performance of Identity in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night.

Honors College Thesis

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Creator	Schaake, Emma-Kate
Abstract	The 1920’s was a period of immense growth of consumer and celebrity culture, that brought changes in film, art and the creation and presentation of identity. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night reflects these changes, particularly with respect to how cultural shifts challenge prevailing views about individual autonomy and the distinctions between subjects and objects. Using a cultural theoretical lens, I examine how Fitzgerald uses elements of consumer culture to explore the performance of character. Ultimately, Fitzgerald sees a collapse between autonomous, creating subjects and controlled objects as a result of the ways that people both construct and perform their identity.
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Honors College Thesis
Date Available	2014-12-05T14:46:10+00:00
Date Issued	2014-12-01
Degree Level	Bachelor's
Degree Name	Honors Bachelor of Arts (H.B.A.)
Degree Field	English
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2015
Advisor	Sheehan, Elizabeth
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Honors College
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/54545

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