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'Post'-9/11 South Asian Diasporic Fiction : Uncanny Terror / by P. Liao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liao, Pei-Chen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- European literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- World Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- European Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- World Literature.
- North American Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- European Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- Springer Nature 2012
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While much of the critical discussion about the emerging genre of 9/11 fiction has centred on the trauma of 9/11 and on novels by EuroAmerican writers, this book draws attention to the diversity of what might be meant by "post" -9/11 by exploring the themes of uncanny terror through a close reading of four "post" -9/11 South Asian diasporic fictions.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Uncanny Terror and the 'Post'-9/11; 1 The Uncanny Violence of Strangers: Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown; 2 Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic after 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru's Transmission; 3 Home-land Insecurity: Unhomely Homes in Monica Ali's Brick Lane; 4 The Post-9/11 'Return Home' Novel: Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist; Conclusion: The Precarious Life of the Other; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283946711
- 1283946718
- 9781137297372
- 1137297379
- OCLC:
- 824117947
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