Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature

Informationen zum Autor Yogita Goyal is Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature (Cambridge, 2010) and editor of the journal Contemporary Literature. Klappentext This book provides a new map of American literature in the global era, analyzing the multiple meanings of transnationalism. Zusammenfassung This book offers a clear! substantive! and authoritative guide to transnationalism in American literature. Leading scholars provide a history of the field! key debates! and instances of literary readings! identifying key modes by which writers have responded to major historical! political! and ethical issues prompted by globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The transnational turn Yogita Goyal; Part I. Shape of the Field: 1. Rethinking nation and empire Shelley Fisher Fishkin; 2. American literature, world literature Wai Chee Dimock; 3. The transnational turn and postcolonial studies Yogita Goyal; 4. Transnational aesthetics Russ Castronovo; Part II. Literary Histories: 5. Transnationalism and nineteenth-century literature Johannes Voelz; 6. Transnational modernisms Jessica Berman; 7. Transnational postmodern and contemporary literature David James; Part III. Critical Geographies: 8. Black Atlantic and diaspora literature Destiny Birdsong and Ifeoma Nwankwo; 9. Borders and borderland literature John Alba Cutler; 10. American Indian transnationalisms Jodi Byrd; 11. Pacific Rim and Asian American literature Viet Nguyen; 12. Hemispheric literature Josefina Maria Saldaña; Part IV. Literature and Geopolitics: 13. Transnational feminism Crystal Parikh; 14. Queer transnationalism Petrus Liu; 15. Islam and transnationalism Timothy Marr.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Yogita Goyal
• Mitarbeit: Yogita Goyal (Herausgeber), Goyal Yogita (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.02.2017
• EAN: 9781107085206
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08520-6
• Seiten: 280
• Serien: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general