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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786091203321

Autore

Liao P

Titolo

'Post'-9/11 South Asian Diasporic Fiction [[electronic resource] ] : Uncanny Terror / / by P. Liao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-94671-8

1-137-29737-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

823.009358

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

Culture - Study and teaching

Literature

American literature - 19th century

Literature, Modern - 20th century

British literature

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

Postcolonial/World Literature

North American Literature

Twentieth-Century Literature

British and Irish Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Uncanny Terror and the 'Post'-9/11; 1 The Uncanny Violence of Strangers: Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown; 2 Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic after 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru's Transmission; 3 Home-land Insecurity: Unhomely Homes in Monica Ali's Brick Lane; 4 The Post-9/11 'Return Home' Novel: Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist; Conclusion: The Precarious Life of the Other; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.