03561nam 22009255 450 991096152930332120240508221120.0978128394671112839467189781137297372113729737910.1057/9781137297372(CKB)2670000000315585(EBL)1109219(OCoLC)824117947(SSID)ssj0001656887(PQKBManifestationID)16437521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001656887(PQKBWorkID)14988315(PQKB)11390332(SSID)ssj0000859748(PQKBManifestationID)12420041(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000859748(PQKBWorkID)10883266(PQKB)11709558(DE-He213)978-1-137-29737-2(MiAaPQ)EBC1109219(Perlego)3485368(EXLCZ)99267000000031558520151209d2013 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr'Post'-9/11 South Asian Diasporic Fiction Uncanny Terror /by P. Liao1st ed. 2013.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2013.1 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349345946 1349345946 9780230349681 0230349684 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexWhile 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.LiteraturePhilosophyCultureStudy and teachingLiteratureAmericaLiteraturesLiterature, Modern20th centuryEuropean literatureLiterary TheoryCultural TheoryWorld LiteratureNorth American LiteratureTwentieth-Century LiteratureEuropean LiteratureLiteraturePhilosophy.CultureStudy and teaching.Literature.AmericaLiteratures.Literature, ModernEuropean literature.Literary Theory.Cultural Theory.World Literature.North American Literature.Twentieth-Century Literature.European Literature.823.9209358Liao Pei-chen857566MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961529303321Post-91914844UNINA