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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788097003321

Autore

Folkart Jessica A. <1969->

Titolo

Liminal fiction at the end of the millennium : the ends of Spanish identity / / Jessica A. Folkart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Bucknell University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61148-581-9

1-61148-580-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

863/.609

Soggetti

Spanish fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Liminality in literature

Identity (Philosophical concept) in 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

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Translations; Chapter One: On the Edge: Liminality and Spanish Identity at the Turn of the Millennium; Chapter Two: The (Never) Ending Story: Apocalyptic Desire and the Liminal Fiction of Javier Marías's Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí; Chapter Three: History Incarnate and the Liminal Body in Rosa Montero's La hija del caníbal; Chapter Four: Second-Hand Identity: Limbs, Liminality, and Transplantation in Manuel Rivas's A man dos paíños

Chapter Five: Ethical In-difference and Liminal Identity in Cristina Fernández Cubas's Parientes pobres del diabloChapter Six: Scoring the National Hym(e)n: Sexuality, Immigration, and Liminal Identity in Najat El Hachmi's L'últim patriarca; Conclusion: The End of Liminal Fiction; Afterword/Afterward; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium: The Ends of Spanish Identity </span><span>examines how diverse manifestations of otherness coalesce in the cultural response to shifting perceptions of identity in Spain as well as the broader context of globalization at the turn of the millennium. </span></span>