Authority and displacement in the English-speaking world. Volume II, Exploring American shores / edited by Florence Labaune-Demeule.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Labaune-Demeule, Florence, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority.

Authority in literature.

Displacement (Psychology) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Whether one thinks of the modern world or of more remote times, both seem to have been affected - if not moulded - by the interaction between the concepts of authority and displacement. Indeed, political and social sources of authority have often been the causes of major geographical displacements, as can be illustrated by the numerous waves of migration which have been observed in the past and which are still present today, such as the transportation of slaves from African to American coasts in colonial times.If displacement can often be understood as spatial displacement, it can also be syno

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Abstracts

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8739-0

OCLC:

935642535