Crossing Borders and Queering Citizenship - Civic Reading Practice in Contemporary American and Canadian Writing

Can reading make us better citizens? Fusing queer theory, citizenship studies, and border studies in its exploration of seven U.S., Canadian, and Indigenous authors, poets, and performance artists, Crossing borders and queering citizenship theorises how reading can work as a empowering tool in contemporary civic struggles in the North America.

Summary

Can reading make us better citizens? Fusing queer theory, citizenship studies, and border studies in its exploration of seven U.S., Canadian, and Indigenous authors, poets, and performance artists, Crossing borders and queering citizenship theorises how reading can work as a empowering tool in contemporary civic struggles in the North America. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Zalfa Feghali
• Assisted by: Sharon Monteith (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781526163936
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6393-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Contemporary American and Canadian Writers; Contemporary American and Cana
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Canada, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gay & Lesbian studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Civics and citizenship, Literary studies: from c 2000, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, borders; citizenship; North America; queer; reading