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Beyond the Borders

Beyond the Borders


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The contributors to this book challenge the usual boundaries of 'post-colonial' theory. Focusing on American literature, they examine how America's own imperial history has shaped the literatures that have emerged from within America -- for instance, from Native American, Latino, Black and Asian-American writers. They contrast this with postcolonial literatures from countries whose history has been shaped by American colonialism -- from Canada, Central America and the Caribbean to Hawaii, Indonesia and Vietnam. In this way the contributors explore key questions about national identity and multiculturalism: why, for instance, is a Native writer categorised within 'American literature' if writing on one side of the border, but as 'Canadian' and 'post-colonial' if writing on the other? This is a challenging collection that raises questions not only about the boundaries of post-colonial theory, but also about ethnicity and multiculturalism, and the impact of immigration and assimilation -- issues that lie at the heart of the literary curriculum.
About the Author: Deborah L. Madsen is Professor of American Literature at the University of Geneva, and the author of numerous books on aspects of literature, genre, gender and allegory.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780745320458
  • Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pluto Press (UK)
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 259
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: American Literature and Post-Colonial Theory
  • Width: 151 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0745320457
  • Publisher Date: 20 Oct 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 490 gr


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