Rewriting American Identity in the Fiction and Memoirs of Isabel Allend

Moving away from territorially-bound narratives toward a more kinetic conceptualization of identity, this book represents the first analysis of the politics of American identity within the fiction and memoirs of Isabel Allende. Craig offers a radical transformation of societal frameworks through revised notions of place, temporality, and space.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bonnie Craig is Graduate Instructor in the Department of English at King s College London, UK.

Zusammenfassung

Moving away from territorially-bound narratives toward a more kinetic conceptualization of identity, this book represents the first analysis of the politics of American identity within the fiction and memoirs of Isabel Allende. Craig offers a radical transformation of societal frameworks through revised notions of place, temporality, and space.

Zusatztext

Craig's book is something entirely new: it engages with the fluidity of national affiliation in a globalized world in which territorial borders are rendered less relevant. Craig deploys theoretical tools with elegance and aplomb; one never has the sensation of encountering theory for theory's Sake. On the contrary, her discussions of diverse perspectives on nationalism and national identity, gender and patriarchy, and eco-criticism are used to unlock meaning and offer exciting and genuinely original readings of texts as diverse as My Invented Country , The Sum of Our Days , The Infinite Plan , Paula , Aphrodite , Daughter of Fortune , Portrait in Sepia , and Zorro .' Susan Castillo, Harriet Beecher Stowe Professor of American Studies, King's College London, UK

Bericht

Craig's book is something entirely new: it engages with the fluidity of national affiliation in a globalized world in which territorial borders are rendered less relevant. Craig deploys theoretical tools with elegance and aplomb; one never has the sensation of encountering theory for theory's Sake. On the contrary, her discussions of diverse perspectives on nationalism and national identity, gender and patriarchy, and eco-criticism are used to unlock meaning and offer exciting and genuinely original readings of texts as diverse as My Invented Country , The Sum of Our Days , The Infinite Plan , Paula , Aphrodite , Daughter of Fortune , Portrait in Sepia , and Zorro .' Susan Castillo, Harriet Beecher Stowe Professor of American Studies, King's College London, UK

Produktdetails

• Autoren: B. Craig, Bonnie Craig, B Craig
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.08.2013
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft / Deutschsprachige Lit; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika
• EAN: 9781349464623
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46462-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 225
• Themen: B, Gender Studies, Literature, Sociology, Cultural Studies, English, English Language, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, World Literature, Literature, general, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography, Literature & Literary studies, Germanic Languages, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Palgrave Literature Collection, Postcolonial/World Literature, America;fiction;identity;oral discourse