Abstract:Faculty of Philosophy is paper centers on the politics of fear and paranoia in omas Pynchon's no el The Crying of Lot 49 and David Lynch's lm Blue Velvet. ese artists posit narrative critiques of American culture of consumption and history of imperialism, complicating traditional ideas of race and nationhood.ey pro oke the very roles, rules and institutional practices that shield oppression and unfairness, enable displacement and alienation, deny subjectivity and personal identity. By underscoring a sense of u… Show more
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