Fighting over there : U.S. war making and contemporary refugee literature / Alaina Kaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaus, Alaina, author.

Series:

Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

American literature--21st century--History and criticism.

War and literature.

Refugees in literature.

Military occupation in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Massachusetts : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]

Summary:

"U.S. foreign policy has long been built on a dichotomy of an irreplaceable "here" and an expendable "there." In his 2003 announcement of the military campaign in Iraq, George W. Bush declared that we would fight in the Middle East so we wouldn't have to fight "on the streets of our cities." But what do the millions of people who live "over there" have to say about U.S. interventions and the displacement they provoke? In this pathbreaking study, Alaina Kaus analyzes literature by and about refugees who fled Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, North Africa, and the Middle East, in the wake of U.S. military occupation and economic intervention. Narratives by authors such as Lan Cao, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Demetria Martínez, Hector Tobar, Dave Eggers, Mohsin Hamid, and Riverbend reveal contradictions in the human rights pledges that undergird U.S. foreign policy, which promote freedom while authorizing intervention and displacement, and favor market-based solutions over social justice and racial equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Fracturing the Humanitarian Promise of Anticommunism

Chapter 2: From Good Refugee to Illegal Alien

Chapter 3: Humanitarian Militarism and the Reclaiming of History

Chapter 4: Neoliberal Rescue and Humanitarian Obfuscation

Chapter 5: At the Intersection of Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kaus, Alaina Fighting over There

ISBN:

1-68575-015-X

OCLC:

1370010362