Rejection and Disaffiliation in Twenty-First Century American Immigration Narratives

著者名：Daily, Katie

Palgrave Pivot（2018/06/11発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9783319921280
• eISBN：9783319921297

Description

Rejection and Disaffiliation in Twenty-First Century American Immigration Narratives examines changing attitudes about national sovereignty and affiliation. Katie Daily delinks twenty-first century American immigration narratives from 9/11, examining genre alterations within a scope of literary analysis that is wider than what “post-9/11” allows. What emerges is an understanding of the speed at which the rhetoric and aims of many twenty-first century immigration narratives significantly depart from the traditions established post-1900.  Daily investigates a recent trend in which novelists and filmmakers question what it means to be an immigrant in contemporary America and explores how these “disaffiliation” narratives challenge some of the most fundamental traditions in American literature and society.

 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Opportunities for Redefinition.- 2. Rejecting America.- 3. Detaining Our Own.- 4. Helpless Helpers.- 5. Moral Exhaustion.- 6. Epilogue: Hammers and Walls.