Border fictions : globalization, empire, and writing at the boundaries of the United States / Claudia Sadowski-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadowski-Smith, Claudia, 1968-

Series:

New World studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

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

American literature--Canadian influences.

Canadian literature--American influences.

Canadian literature.

Boundaries in literature.

American literature--Indian authors.

American literature--Mexican American authors.

Mexican-American Border Region--In literature.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Imperialism in literature.

Globalization in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 187 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.

Summary:

Border Fictions offers the first comparative analysis of multiethnic and transnational cultural representations about the United States' borders both with Mexico and with Canada. Blending textual analysis with theories of globalization and empire, Claudia Sadowski-Smith forges a new model of inter-American studies that is diverse and geographically expansive.

Border Fictions places into dialogue a variety of hemispheric perspectives from Chicana/o, Asian American, American Indian, Latin American, and Canadian studies. Each chapter examines a wide range of fiction from celebrated authors to writers whose contributions to border literature have not yet been fully appreciated.

Border Fictions links the work of these authors to civil rights movements, environmental justice activism, struggles for land and border-crossing rights, as well as to anti-imperialist forms of nationalism in the United States' neighboring countries. The book forces us to take into account the ways in which shifts in the nature of global relations affect literary production, especially in its hemispheric manifestations.

Contents:

Introduction: The Diverse Spaces of Border Fictions 1

1 Chicana/o Writing and the Mexico-U.S. Border 21

2 Asian Border Crossings 46

3 Native Border Theory 72

4 The View from the South 98

5 A Border Like No Other 119

Conclusion: Border Fictions and Inter-American Studies 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-182) and index.

ISBN:

9780813926773

0813926777

9780813926780

0813926785

9780813926896

0813926890

OCLC:

166317572