LEADER 04178nam 2200757 450 001 9910796507603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-1382-5 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501713828 035 $a(CKB)4100000001039801 035 $a(OCoLC)983786521 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65570 035 $a(DLC) 2017018722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5123419 035 $a(DE-B1597)496493 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501713828 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5123419 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11464601 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1042208 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001039801 100 $a20171205h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHaunting encounters $ethe ethics of reading across boundaries of difference /$fJoanne Lipson Freed 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 311 $a1-5017-1376-0 311 $a1-5017-1383-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Figures of Estrangement -- $t2. Telling the Traumas of History -- $t3. Invisible Victims, Visible Absences -- $t4. Haunting Futures and the Dystopian Imagination -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aActs of cross-cultural reading have ethical consequences. In Haunting Encounters, Joanne Lipson Freed traces the narrative strategies through which certain works of fiction forge connections with their readers across boundaries of difference. Freed uses the idea of haunting-an intense, temporary, and transformative encounter that defies rational understanding-as a metaphor for the kinds of ethical relationships that such works cultivate with their readers across boundaries of difference. Freed points out how such works as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, and Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things strike a delicate balance between empathy and alterity. Their engaging narratives, Freed argues, bring unfamiliar characters and distant settings to life for readers who encounter them as "other," but they also highlight the limits of fiction, holding in check the impulse to colonize another's experience with one's own. Haunting Encounters is a sensitive and perceptive application of theory to real-world concerns. It draws together the fields of postcolonial fiction and narrative ethics and suggests original modes of engagement between readers and books that promise new ways of looking at the world. 606 $aGhosts in literature 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGhost stories$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSupernatural in literature 606 $aCommonwealth fiction (English)$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTransnationalism in literature 606 $aDifference (Philosophy) in literature 606 $aMemory in literature 606 $aPsychic trauma in literature 606 $aCommonwealth fiction (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aGhosts in literature. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGhost stories$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSupernatural in literature. 615 0$aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTransnationalism in literature. 615 0$aDifference (Philosophy) in literature. 615 0$aMemory in literature. 615 0$aPsychic trauma in literature. 615 0$aCommonwealth fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a813/.0873309 700 $aFreed$b Joanne Lipson$f1983-$01510593 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796507603321 996 $aHaunting encounters$93743382 997 $aUNINA