Format:
vi, 223 Seiten
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9781137478900
Content:
"Unlike other studies which have focused mainly on the response to the 9/11 attacks in writing from the United States, Topologies of Fear in Contemporary Fiction is global and comparative in its approach. It emphasizes the depiction in twentieth-century fiction of the transnational character of terrorism and counterterrorism throughout the 20th century, rather than only the response to the 9/11 attacks. The book examines what critical tools are available from contemporary literary theory and critical legal studies to develop what the book calls 'anti-terror discourse critique.' This is an important text for scholars and students of literature, cultural studies, studies of media and visual culture, and critical legal philosophy"--
Content:
"Unlike other studies which have focused mainly on the response to the 9/11 attacks in writing from the United States, Topologies of Fear in Contemporary Fiction is global and comparative in its approach. It emphasizes the depiction in twentieth-century fiction of the transnational character of terrorism and counterterrorism throughout the 20th century, rather than only the response to the 9/11 attacks. The book examines what critical tools are available from contemporary literary theory and critical legal studies to develop what the book calls 'anti-terror discourse critique.' This is an important text for scholars and students of literature, cultural studies, studies of media and visual culture, and critical legal philosophy"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Machine generated contents note:1. Introduction: The Geography of Anger and the Diaspora of Terrorism2.Guantánamo Confidential: Inscription of the Subject In Literature and Law, and Detainees as Legal Non-Persons at Camp X-Ray3. Travels Outside the Empire: The Revision of Subaltern Historiography in Amitav Ghosh4. Images for a Godless World: Violence After the Sacred in the Millennial Indian Novel5.The Sublime Object of Terror in Thomas Pynchon6.Looking Backward at Joseph McElroy's Lookout Cartridge: Mining Neural Neighborhoods and Social Networks in Postmodern FictionConclusion: Four Covering Principles for the Time of TerrorismWorks CitedIndex.
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Transnationale Politik
;
Terrorismus
;
Angst
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1900-2010
