'Post'-9/11 South Asian Diasporic Fiction

Uncanny Terror
2013. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-34968-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 191 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3551 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liao, P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction The Uncanny Violence of Strangers: Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic After 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru's Transmission Home-land Insecurity: Unhomely Homes in Monica Ali's Brick Lane The Post-9/11 "Return Home" Novel: Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

PEI-CHEN LIAO is Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Her research interests include contemporary British fiction, South Asian diasporic fiction, post-9/11 fiction, postcolonialism and globalization studies. She is currently working on a project regarding contemporary South Asian diasporic 'return home' novels.