TransCanadian feminist fictions : new cross-border ethics / Libe García Zarranz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García Zarranz, Libe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist literary criticism--Canada.

Feminist literary criticism.

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

Canadian literature.

Canadian literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Canadian literature--Women authors.

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

Boundaries in literature.

Ethics in literature.

Canadian literature--Minority authors.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xii, 178 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Trans-Canadian feminist fictions

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"In this contradictory era of uneven globalization, borders multiply yet fantasies of borderlessness prevail. Particularly since September 11, this paradox has shaped deeply the lives of border-crossing subjects such as the queer, the refugee, and the activist within and beyond Canadian frontiers. In search of creative ways to engage with the conundrums related to how borders mould social and bodily space, Libe García Zarranz formulates a new cross-border ethic through post-9/11 feminist and queer transnational writing in Canada. Drawing on material feminism, critical race studies, non-humanist philosophy, and affect theory, she proposes a renewed understanding of relationality beyond the lethal binaries that saturate everyday life. TransCanadian Feminist Fictions considers the corporeal, biopolitical, and affective dimensions of border crossing in the works of Dionne Brand, Hiromi Goto, Emma Donoghue, and Larissa Lai. Intersecting the genres of memoir, fiction, poetry, and young adult literature, García Zarranz shows how these texts address the permeability of boundaries and consider the ethical implications for minoritized populations. Urging readers to question the proclaimed glamours of globality, TransCanadian Feminist Fictions responds to a time of increasing inequality, mounting racism, and feminist backlash."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Trans-corporeal materialities : Dionne Brand's Ossuaries

Unruly corporealities : Hiromi Goto's hopeful fictions

Corporeal citizenship : deviant bodies in Emma Donoghue's Room

Biopower and practices of freedom : Hiromi Goto's The water of possibility

The biocapitalization of the female body : Emma Donoghue's historiographic fictions

Necropower assemblages : Dionne Brand's Inventory

Dionne Brand's A map to the door of no return : cross-border pathogeographies

Affecting the ethical imagination : Emma Donoghue's Astray

Hiromo Goto's Darkest light : assembling a new cross-border ethic

"I dream an ethic" : Larissa Lai's posthuman borderlands.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174) and index.

Other Format:

García Zarranz, Libe, 1979- TransCanadian feminist fictions.

ISBN:

0773549552

9780773549555

OCLC:

964336963