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02396aam a2200433 i 4500 001 EBC822E09C8E11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 181023s2019 cau b 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2018051014 020 $a 0520294777 020 $a 9780520294776 020 $a 0520294769 020 $a 9780520294769 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3535.A547 $b Z63 2019 082 00 $a 813/.52 $2 23 100 1 $a Duggan, Lisa, $d 1954- $e author. 245 10 $a Mean girl : $b Ayn Rand and the culture of greed / $c Lisa Duggan. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xvii, 116 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a American studies now: critical histories of the present ; $v 8. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Introduction : "what is good for me is right" -- "Proud woman conqueror" -- "Individualists of the world unite!" -- "Would you cut the bible?" -- "I found a flaw." 520 $a "Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure followed her beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially--but not only--those on the political right from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girl traces the posthumous appeal and influence of Rand's novels via her cruel, surly, sexy heroes, outlining the impact of her philosophy of selfishness. Following Rand's trail through the twentieth century from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War, Mean Girl illuminates the Randian shape of our neoliberal, contemporary culture of greed and the dilemmas we face in our political present"--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Rand, Ayn $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Rand, Ayn $x Influence. 830 0 $a American studies now ; $v 8. 941 $a 8 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104015555.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010020453.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054412.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022849.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211030006.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20191026010220.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190905042729.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190702012647.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBC822E09C8E11E981649E3E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search