02751nam 2200637 a 450 991082587480332120230802004229.01-283-34162-X97866133416241-4399-0325-5(CKB)2550000000063790(EBL)800332(OCoLC)768113612(SSID)ssj0000585470(PQKBManifestationID)11382396(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585470(PQKBWorkID)10580868(PQKB)11549293(MiAaPQ)EBC800332(MdBmJHUP)muse15299(Au-PeEL)EBL800332(CaPaEBR)ebr10513566(CaONFJC)MIL334162(EXLCZ)99255000000006379020110429d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConstructing the enemy[electronic resource] empathy/antipathy in U.S. literature and law /Rajini SrikanthPhiladelphia Temple University Press20121 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4399-0323-9 1-4399-0324-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 docAmerican literatureHistory and criticismLaw and literatureUnited StatesEmpathy in literatureAversion in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Law and literatureEmpathy in literature.Aversion in literature.810.9/3554Srikanth Rajini1611746MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825874803321Constructing the enemy4098234UNINA