03467nam 2200769 450 99630878100331620220425133438.03-8394-3541-210.14361/9783839435410(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(EXLCZ)99371000000058812520220425d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDiverCity - global cities as a literary phenomenon Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles in a globalizing age /Melanie U. Pooch1st ed.Bielefeld, Germany :Transcript,[2016]©20161 online resource (241 p.)LettreDescription based upon print version of record.3-8376-3541-4 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))American literatureGlobalizationSocial aspectsBritish Studies.City.Culture.Global City.Globalization.Literary Studies.Literature.Los Angeles.New York.Toronto.Urban Studies.American literature.GlobalizationSocial aspects.810.9Pooch Melanie U.894944Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2017: Backlist Collectionfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996308781003316DiverCity - Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon1999521UNISA