Annotated Bibliography

-Annesly, James. Fictions of Globalization : Consumption, the Market and the Contemporary American Novel. London, GBR: Continuum International Publishing , 2006. eBook.

            This book, from the Yavapai College Ebrary uses the movie Fight Club as an example of identity versus consumption. It goes along exactly with my thesis, and even though it may have a bit more focus on the masculinity of the film, Annesly captures the consumerism theory perfectly.

-Giroux, enry A. America On The Edge, Henry Giroux On Politics, Culture, And Education. Gordonsville, VA, USA : Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. eBook.

            This book is almost exactly the same message as Fictions of Globalization. Palahniuk created such an uproar about the latest generations of men, and how they view their over stimulated society. Every review of his book recognizes that for the sake of mankind, man needs to bleed every one in a while, provide something for himself. Even if it’s a broken nose…at least he started, fought, and then finished his fight. That’s exactly what this review gives my paper.

-Palehnuik, Chuck, Script. Fight Club. Dir. David Fincher. Perf. Norton, Edward. Fox 2000 Pictures & Regency Enterprises, 1999. Film.

David Fincher was outstanding in creating a film from Fight Club. The narration was almost verbatim, and the performers were spot on to the characters created in the novel. I will be using the movie for only a few quotes, where the characters refer to consumerism in a more specific sense; like plugging IKEA and Starbucks. This will simply create a little more for my readers to associate with personally. I’m sure Fincher added those modern day associations for the same reason, and they will serve equally well for my paper.

-Palahniuk, Chuck. Fight Club. New York: Henry Holt and Company LLC, 1996. Print.

This book is where most of my primary sources are going to come from. The language alone will back my thesis. There is so much satire, but at the same time, it’s not satire. It’s the bare boned truth, put very harshly, in a way only few will appreciate correctly. Palahniuk’s characters represent what men would be if anarchy broke out, brought on simply by the complete loss of possession. Where would we be as a society without our Starbucks, or cell phones? These are questions in my thesis, and Fight Club answers them flawlessly.