Rejection and Disaffiliation in Twenty-First Century American Immigration Narratives

Rejection and Disaffiliation in Twenty-First Century American Immigration Narratives examines changing attitudes about national sovereignty and affiliation. Katie Daily delinks twenty-first century American immigration narratives from 9/11, examining genre alterations within a scope of literary analysis that is wider than what "post-9/11" allows. What emerges is an understanding of the speed at which the rhetoric and aims of many twenty-first century immigration narratives significantly depart from the traditions established post-1900.  Daily investigates a recent trend in which novelists and filmmakers question what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary America and explores how these "disaffiliation" narratives challenge some of the most fundamental traditions in American literature and society.
 

List of contents

1. Introduction: Opportunities for Redefinition.- 2. Rejecting America.- 3. Detaining Our Own.- 4. Helpless Helpers.- 5. Moral Exhaustion.- 6. Epilogue: Hammers and Walls.

About the author

Katie Daily is Assistant Professor of English, at United States Military Academy at West Point, USA. She is the recipient of both teaching and publishing awards for her work as a professor and scholar.

Summary

Rejection and Disaffiliation in Twenty-First Century American Immigration Narratives examines changing attitudes about national sovereignty and affiliation. Katie Daily delinks twenty-first century American immigration narratives from 9/11, examining genre alterations within a scope of literary analysis that is wider than what “post-9/11” allows. What emerges is an understanding of the speed at which the rhetoric and aims of many twenty-first century immigration narratives significantly depart from the traditions established post-1900.  Daily investigates a recent trend in which novelists and filmmakers question what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary America and explores how these “disaffiliation” narratives challenge some of the most fundamental traditions in American literature and society.
 

Product details

• Authors: Katie Daily
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319921280
• ISBN: 978-3-31-992128-0
• No. of pages: 141
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 217 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 332 g
• Illustrations: XI, 141 p.
• Series: Pivotal Studies in the Global American Literary Imagination; Pivotal Studies in the Global American Literary Imagination
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; C, Nordamerika (USA und Kanada), Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Gary Shteyngart, Contemporary Literature, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literature, Modern—20th century, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Literature, Modern—21st century, America—Literatures, North American Literature, immigrant stories, immigration narratives in film