Transnational spaces : celebrating fifty years of literary and cultural intersections at NeMLA / editors, Carine Mardorossian, Simona Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mardorossian, Carine M., 1966- editor.

Wright, Simona, editor.

Series:

Series in Literary Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northeast Modern Language Association (U.S.).

Literature and transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Art and Science Inc., [2023]

Summary:

Transnational Spaces explores the intersections of literature, culture, and language over fifty years of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). Edited by Carine Mardorossian and Simona Wright, this collection examines the concept of transnationalism as a critical tool in cultural criticism. It addresses how global mobility and geopolitical changes influence literary and cultural encounters, challenging traditional national boundaries. The book aims to decolonize thought and practice by emphasizing multilingual and cultural intersections. It is intended for scholars and students in modern languages and cultural studies, offering insights into the evolving dynamics of language, identity, and cultural belonging. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Introduction: transnational spaces. Celebrating fifty years of literary, cultural, and language intersections at NeMLA / Carine Mardorossian

Inhabiting transnationalism: the production, embodiment, and appropriation of transnational identity / Yasaman Naraghi

The global imagination of edgar Allan Poe: "The Gold-Bug" and natural history in South Carolina / Fumiko Takeno

Transnational flows in Graeme Macrae Burnet's His Bloody Project / Robert Morace

Writing against the wall: the transnational history of the U. S. in Toni Morrison's A Mercy / Gema Ortega

A constellation of suffering and solidarity: building transnational community in Omar El Akkad's American War / Jennifer Ross

Nomadic transitiosn through non-Oedipal spaces in two films about migrant workers from the Global South / Java Singh

Traveling from Sri Lanka: rewriting and remapping the postcolonial in dis-placement / Shelby E. Ward

Homelessness as the new concept of home? Space, Heimat and privilege in Abbas Khider's novel Ohrfeige (2016) / Gabriele Maier

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781648896118

1648896111

OCLC:

1354206834