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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Ch.1 Rabbit, Run  The Quest and the Absurd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ch.2 Rabbit is Rich Representations of America between Idealism and Conformism . . . . . . 25
Ch.3 In the Beauty of the Lilies  Narcissism and Simulacras of Initiation . . . . 42
Ch.4 Of the Farm  Spaces of Non Freedom . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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