Fiction Across Borders : : Imagining the Lives of Others in Late-Twentieth-Century Novels /

Fiction Across Borders : : Imagining the Lives of Others in Late-Twentieth-Century Novels / / Shameem Black.

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Theorists of Orientalism and postcolonialism argue that novelists betray political and cultural anxieties when characterizing "the Other." Shameem Black takes a different stance. Turning a fresh eye toward several key contemporary novelists, she reveals how "border-crossing" fict...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Black, Shameem,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Toward an Ethics of Border- Crossing Fiction
  • 1 Crowded Self and Crowded Style
  • 2 Everyday Sentiment
  • 3 Ethnic Reversals
  • 4 Middle Grounds
  • 5 Challenging Language
  • 6 Sacrificing the Self
  • Postscript
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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