The Non-National in Contemporary American Literature [electronic resource] : Ethnic Women Writers and Problematic Belongings / by Dalia M.A. Gomaa.
The Non-National in Contemporary American Literature
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137496263
Yer Numarası
EK/2593
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2016.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XII, 195 p. online resource.
Dizi
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century, 2634-5803
Özet, vb.
This study examines contemporary narratives by Arab-American, South-Asian American, Chicana, and Cuban-American women writers. Gomaa argues that the disparate histories of Arabs, South Asians, Chicanas, and Cubans in the U.S. unfold new non-national sites for affiliations and identifications that unsettle notions of a unified American national space. In each chapter a South-Asian American, Chicana, or Cuban-American text is paired with an Arab-American text to examine sites of ambivalence, which problematize an individual's sense of belonging to an "imagined community." The author proposes a redefinition of imagined communities to imagined transnational communities, which are formed beyond the geographical boundaries of a single nation and are not nation-centered. This study values Arab-American writings as a potential terrain to expand American Studies, and calls attention to Arab-American feminist strategies that contribute to theoretical debates by and about American women writers.
Konu
Literature, Modern __ 20th century.
Sex.
America __ Literatures.
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
North American Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction Literature.
Sex.
America __ Literatures.
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
North American Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction Literature.
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