Beyond the borders : American literature and post-colonial theory / edited by Deborah L. Madsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madsen, Deborah L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Minority authors.

American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Postcolonialism.

United States.

Cultural pluralism in literature.

Postcolonialism--United States.

Ethnic groups in literature.

Ethnicity in literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 259 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: American Literature and Post-colonial Theory 1

Part 1 Ethnic Literature and Post-colonialism

1. Indigenous Literatures and Postcolonial Theories: Reading from Comparative Frames / Chadwick Allen 15

Part 2 Post-colonialism at Home

2. "Going Into a Whole Different Country": Postcolonial "Nation"-hood in Native American Literature / Lee Schweninger, Cara Cilano 31

3. Origin Story: On Being a White Native American(ist) / John Hunt Peacock 51

4. Counter-Discursive Strategies in Contemporary Chicana Writing / Deborah L. Madsen 65

5. "At Least One Negro Everywhere": African American Travel Writing / Alasdair Pettinger 77

6. Unsettling Asian American Literature: When More than America is in the Heart / Rajini Srikanth 92

7. Forging a Postcolonial Identity: Women of Chinese Ancestry Writing in English / Mary Conde 111

8. Border Crossings: Filipino American Literature in the United States / Angela Noelle Williams 122

9. Reading the Literatures of Hawai'i Under an "Americanist" Rubric / Paul Lyons 135

Part 3 Post-colonialism in the Border Regions

10. Writing Migrations: The Place(s) of U.S. Puerto Rican Literature / Frances R. Aparicio 151

11. Diasporic Disconnections: Insurrection and Forgetfulness in Contemporary Haitian and Latin-Caribbean Women's Literature / Myriam J. A. Chancy 167

12. Reclaiming Maps and Metaphors: Canadian First Nations and Narratives of Place / Richard J. Lane 184

13. Thomas King and Contemporary Indigenous Identities / Laura Peters 195

Part 4 American Post-colonialism at Home and Abroad

14. Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Literature in a Postcolonial Context / Renny Christopher 209

15. Politics, Pleasure, and Intertextuality in Contemporary Southeast Asian Women's Writing / Julie Shackford-Bradley 222

16. U.S. and US: American Literatures of Immigration and Assimilation / Geraldine Stoneham 238.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745320465

0745320457

OCLC:

52395312