03988oam 2200949 c 450 991026384610332120251202090341.09783839435410383943541210.14361/9783839435410(CKB)3710000000588125(EBL)4404014(MiAaPQ)EBC4404014(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120859(DE-B1597)468811(OCoLC)957198310(OCoLC)979892160(OCoLC)987921615(OCoLC)992472445(DE-B1597)9783839435410(MiAaPQ)EBC6695122(Au-PeEL)EBL6695122(ScCtBLL)ccd3709d-76d3-43b4-8ce6-ba5534ae36a0(transcript Verlag)9783839435410(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39359(Perlego)1530928(oapen)doab39359(oapen)doab26837(EXLCZ)99371000000058812520251202d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDiverCity – Global Cities as a Literary PhenomenonToronto, New York, and Los Angeles in a Globalizing AgeMelanie U. Pooch1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag20161 online resource (241 p.)LettreDescription based upon print version of record.9783837635416 3837635414 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 1. Introduction 9 2. Globalization and Its Effects 15 3. Global Cities as Cultural Nodal Points 27 4. Cultural Diversity in a Globalizing Age 37 5. The Poetics of diverCity 57 6. Dionne Brand's Toronto, What We All Long For 79 7. Chang-rae Lee's New York, Native Speaker 123 8. Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, Tropic of Orange 165 9. Conclusion 205 Works Cited 211Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon (»DiverCity«). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, »What We All Long For« (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, »Native Speaker« (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, »Tropic of Orange« (1997), Melanie U. Pooch provides the connecting link for exploring the triad of globalization and its effects, global cities as cultural nodal points, and cultural diversity in a globalizing age as a literary phenomenon. Thus, she contributes to a global, interdisciplinary, and multi-perspectival understanding of literature, culture, and society.Lettre (Transcript (Firm))Pooch, DiverCityToronto, New York, and Los Angeles in a Globalizing AgeDiversityGlobal CityGlobalizationCultureLiteratureLos AngelesNew YorkTorontoCityBritish StudiesLiterary StudiesUrban StudiesDiversityGlobal CityGlobalizationCultureLiteratureLos AngelesNew YorkTorontoCityBritish StudiesLiterary StudiesUrban Studies810.9Pooch Melanie U<p>Melanie U. Pooch, University of Mannheim, Germany</p>aut1856195Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2017: Backlist Collectionfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910263846103321DiverCity – Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon4454852UNINA