LEADER 02751nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910781466303321 005 20230802004229.0 010 $a1-283-34162-X 010 $a9786613341624 010 $a1-4399-0325-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063790 035 $a(EBL)800332 035 $a(OCoLC)768113612 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585470 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11382396 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585470 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580868 035 $a(PQKB)11549293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC800332 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15299 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL800332 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10513566 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL334162 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063790 100 $a20110429d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConstructing the enemy$b[electronic resource] $eempathy/antipathy in U.S. literature and law /$fRajini Srikanth 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4399-0323-9 311 $a1-4399-0324-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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." 330 $aIn 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 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLaw and literature$zUnited States 606 $aEmpathy in literature 606 $aAversion in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLaw and literature 615 0$aEmpathy in literature. 615 0$aAversion in literature. 676 $a810.9/3554 700 $aSrikanth$b Rajini$01484443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781466303321 996 $aConstructing the enemy$93703061 997 $aUNINA