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LEADER: 02551cam a22004338i 4500
001 2015022794
003 DLC
005 20151021111059.0
008 150812s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015022794
020 $a9781137502865 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPS153.M56$bG66 2016
082 00 $a810.9/8$223
084 $aLIT000000$aLIT003000$aLIT004020$aLIT004290$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGomaa, Dalia M. A.,$d1973-
245 14 $aThe non-national in contemporary American literature :$bethnic women writers and problematic belongings /$cDalia M.A. Gomaa.
263 $a1601
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2016.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aAmerican literature readings in the twenty-first century
520 $a"This study argues that the notion of Americanness is constructed nationally within the U.S. geographical space, as well as transnationally outside that space. The transnational perception of the U.S. nation-space makes possible ambivalent positionings, which the author describes as non-national sites that challenge singular national affiliations and identifications"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. The Non-National Subject in The Language of Baklava and An American Brat -- 2. Re-imagining the US National Time in West of the Jordan and The Last Generation -- 3. Moments of (Un)belonging: the Spatial Configuration of Home(land) in The Time between Places: Stories that Weave in and out of Egypt and America and The Namesake -- 4. Transnational Allegories and the Non-national Subject in The Agero Sisters and The Night Counter -- Afterword.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xMinority authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y21st century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature.
650 0 $aBelonging (Social psychology) in literature.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.$2bisacsh