Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD: THE COMMON GROWL vii
4. INTRODUCTION: TOWARD A POETICS OF COMMUNITY 1
5. The Poetics of Community
6. COMMUNITY AND ETHNOS 17
7. A METONYMIC COMMUNITY? TOWARD A POETICS OF CONTINGENCY 39
8. POETICS OF ANXIETY AND SECURITY 57
9. LITERATURE, THE WORLD, AND YOU 72
10. The Politics of Aesthetics
11. LITERARY COMMUNITIES 93
12. ANTIRACISM AND (RE)HUMANIZATION 111
13. Sociological Reflections
14. CAN SOCIETY BE COMMODITIES ALL THE WAY DOWN? 139
15. TWO EXAMPLES OF RECENT AESTHETICO- POLITICAL FORMS OF COMMUNITY 159
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 175
17. WORKS CITED 177
18. CONTRIBUTORS 187
19. INDEX OF NAMES 191
20. SUBJECT INDEX 195