TY - JOUR AU - Nalerio, Juliana PY - 2015 UR - http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/22775 AB - In late 19th Century America, the Patriarch’s Balls united the wealthy New York elite. The Society of the Patriarch organized lavish balls to foster a sense of self- satisfaction at belonging to the society of “The Four Hundred”, namely those who... LA - eng TI - THE PATRIARCH’S BALLS: CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS,VIOLENCE, AND DYSTOPIA IN GEORGE SAUNDERS’ VISION OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA ER -