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Autore |
Srikanth Rajini |
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Titolo |
Constructing the enemy [[electronic resource] ] : empathy/antipathy in U.S. literature and law / / Rajini Srikanth |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-34162-X |
9786613341624 |
1-4399-0325-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - History and criticism |
Law and literature - United States |
Empathy in literature |
Aversion in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The landscape of empathy -- Literary imagination and American empathy -- Deserving empathy? renouncing American citizenship -- Hierarchies of horror, levels of abuse: empathy for the internees -- Guantanamo: where lawyers connect with the "worst of the worst." |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In her engaging book, Constructing the Enemy, Rajini Srikanth probes the concept of empathy, attempting to understand its different types and how it is-or isn't-generated and maintained in specific circumstances.Using literary texts to illuminate issues of power and discussions of law, Srikanth focuses on two case studies- the internment of Japanese citizens and Japanese Americans in World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the detainment of Muslim Americans and individuals from various nations in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.Through primary doc |
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