Cities, borders, and spaces in intercultural American literature and film [electronic resource] / Ana Ma Manzanas and Jesus Benito.

By: Manzanas Calvo, Ana Ma. (Ana Maria)Contributor(s): Benito Sanchez, Jesus | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature ; 14.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xii, 163 pISBN: 9780203830802 (electronic bk.)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 picturesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 810.9/358209732 LOC classification: PS153.M56 | M36 2011Online 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.

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