Cities, borders, and spaces in intercultural American literature and film / Ana Ma Manzanas and Jesús Benito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manzanas Calvo, Ana Ma. (Ana María)

Contributor:

Benito Sánchez, Jesús.

Series:

Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 14.

Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--Minority authors.

American literature--21st century--History and criticism.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Cities and towns in literature.

Space in literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Borderlands in literature.

Cities and towns in motion pictures.

Space in motion pictures.

Place (Philosophy) in motion pictures.

Borderlands in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xii, 163 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Contents:

Introduction : lingering on Times Square

Chiastic spaces: ports of entry, ports of exit

The migrational city in Chuck Palahniuk's "Slumming" : a story by lady baglady, and Helena Viramontes's "The Cariboo Cafe"

Unbound cities, concentric circles : Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of orange

Borderlands : middle spaces, hybrid bodies

The rhetoric of spatial cutting : borders, scars, open wounds

Terminal thinking : border narratives, airport narratives, and the logic of detention

Postscript conclusion : from The Great Wall to Babel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415887212

0415887216

OCLC:

664257673