Cities, borders, and spaces in intercultural American literature and film [electronic resource] /
by Manzanas Calvo, Ana Ma. (Ana Mar�ia); Benito S�anchez, Jes�us; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature: 14.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xii, 163 p.ISBN: ; ; .Subject(s): American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism | American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism | American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Cities and towns in literature | Space in literature | Place (Philosophy) in literature | Borderlands in literature | Cities and towns in motion pictures | Space in motion pictures | Place (Philosophy) in motion pictures | Borderlands in motion pictures | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : lingering on Times Square -- Chiastic spaces: ports of entry, ports of exit -- The migrational city in Chuck Palahniuk's "Slumming" : a story by lady baglady, and Helena Viramontes's "The Cariboo Cafe" -- Unbound cities, concentric circles : Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of orange -- Borderlands : middle spaces, hybrid bodies -- The rhetoric of spatial cutting : borders, scars, open wounds -- Terminal thinking : border narratives, airport narratives, and the logic of detention -- Postscript conclusion : from The Great Wall to Babel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : lingering on Times Square -- Chiastic spaces: ports of entry, ports of exit -- The migrational city in Chuck Palahniuk's "Slumming" : a story by lady baglady, and Helena Viramontes's "The Cariboo Cafe" -- Unbound cities, concentric circles : Karen Tei Yamashita's Tropic of orange -- Borderlands : middle spaces, hybrid bodies -- The rhetoric of spatial cutting : borders, scars, open wounds -- Terminal thinking : border narratives, airport narratives, and the logic of detention -- Postscript conclusion : from The Great Wall to Babel.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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