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Human Rights, Inc : the world novel, narrative form, and international law / Joseph R. Slaughter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slaughter, Joseph R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--History and criticism.
- Fiction.
- Literature and society.
- Bildungsromans--History and criticism.
- Bildungsromans.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- EPUB
- Summary:
- In this timely story of the historical, ideological, and formal independencies of the novel and human reights, Joseph Slaughter demonstrates that the 20th century rise of 'world litertature' and international human rights law are related phenomena.
- Contents:
- Novel subjects and enabling fictions: the formal articulation of international human rights law
- Becoming plots: human rights, the bildungsroman, and the novelization of citizenship
- Normalizing narrative forms of human rights: the (dys)function of the public sphere
- Compulsory development: narrative self-sponsorship and the right to self-determination
- Clefs a roman: reading, writing, and international humanitarianism.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-417) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780823241033
- 0823241033
- 9780823247264
- 0823247260
- 9780823228195
- 0823228193
- OCLC:
- 647876429
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb31763 hdl
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