An edition of The non-national in contemporary American literature
(2016)
The non-national in contemporary American literature
ethnic women writers and problematic belongings
by Dalia M. A. Gomaa
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"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"--
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, National characteristics, American, in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, History and criticism, American literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Women authors, Minority authors, Belonging (Social psychology) in literature, American literature, minority authors, National characteristics in literature, Minorities, united states, LITERARY CRITICISM, General, Feminist, American, Women AuthorsTimes
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The non-national in contemporary American literature: ethnic women writers and problematic belongings
2016, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
113750286X 9781137502865
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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