The Non-National in Contemporary American Literature - 9781137502865

This study examines contemporary narratives by Arab-American, South-Asian American, Chicana, and Cuban-American women writers. Gomaa argues that the disparate histories of Arabs, South Asians, Chicanas, and Cubans in the U.S. unfold new non-national sites for affiliations and identifications that unsettle notions of a unified American national space. In each chapter a South-Asian American, Chicana, or Cuban-American text is paired with an Arab-American text to examine sites of ambivalence, which problematize an individual's sense of belonging to an "imagined community." The author proposes a redefinition of imagined communities to imagined transnational communities, which are formed beyond the geographical boundaries of a single nation and are not nation-centered. This study values Arab-American writings as a potential terrain to expand American Studies, and calls attention to Arab-American feminist strategies that contribute to theoretical debates by and about American women writers.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Non-National in Contemporary American Literature
• Sottotitolo: Ethnic Women Writers and Problematic Belongings
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Gomaa Dalia M. A.
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Collana: Palgrave Macmillan (Hardcover)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 13 Gennaio '16
• Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
• Argomenti :  American literature Minority authors History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism American literature 20th century History and criticism
• Pagine: 195
• Dimensioni mm: 215 x 139 x 0
• ISBN-10: 113750286X
• EAN-13: 9781137502865