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A wide-ranging analysis of French literature and immigration, inventing a new category for migrant texts.
Canadian fiction (French) --- French fiction --- Immigrants' writings, Canadian (French) --- Immigrants' writings, French --- Littérature francophone --- Littérature québécoise --- Littérature française --- Émigration et immigration dans la littérature. --- French immigrants' writings --- French literature --- Writings of immigrants, Canadian (French) --- French-Canadian immigrants' writings --- Immigrants' writings, Canadian --- Canadian fiction --- Minority authors --- History and criticism. --- Auteurs issus des minorités --- Histoire et critique. --- French-Canadian fiction --- Immigrants in literature --- Emigration and immigration in literature --- French-Canadian literature --- Minority authors&delete& --- History and criticism
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This interdisciplinary monograph applies the theory of games of strategy (or game theory) to an important subset of American literature: minoritarian texts. Fittingly, John von Neumann's game theory, as a mathematical subdiscipline practically abandoned by its founder after the publication of 'Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele' (1928), but purposefully reengaged with on his permanent relocation to America in 1938, carries the minoritarian credentials of a Hungarian-born national of Jewish descent. The state of international politics in the late 1930s certainly contributed to von Neumann's renewed interest in his theory, but a socioeconomic environment built on the legacy of slavery focused a reengagement with coordination problems that would last until his death. In these strategic situations, people must make choices in the knowledge that other people face the same options and that the outcome for each person will result from everybody's decisions. The four most frequently encountered coordination problems are the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock Minoritarians find majoritarian attempts to control these social dilemmas particularly challenging. Hence, a game-theoretically inflected hermeneutic that identifies the logical, rational, and strategic state of human interrelations not only helps to categorize, but also to analyze minoritarian texts. The authors under detailed consideration are Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Harriet A. Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, and Mohsin Hamid.
American literature --- Game theory. --- Minorities --- Minority authors --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Intellectual life. --- Games, Theory of --- Theory of games --- English literature --- Mathematical models --- Mathematics --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- America-Literatures. --- African literature. --- Anthropology. --- Mathematics. --- North American Literature. --- African Literature. --- Cultural Studies. --- Game Theory. --- Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences. --- Math --- Science --- Human beings --- Black literature (African) --- Authors, African --- America—Literatures. --- Cultural studies. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences
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Ethnic Modernism and the Making of US Multiculturalism in which ethnic literary modernists of the 1930s play a crucial role. Focusing on the remarkable careers of four ethnic fiction writers of the 1930s (Younghill Kang, D'Arcy McNickle, Zora Neale Hurston, and Américo Paredes) Sorensen presents a new view of the history of multicultural literature in the U.S. The first part of the book situates these authors within the modernist era to provide an alternative, multicultural vision of American modernism. The second part examines the complex reception histories of these authors' works, showing how they have been claimed or rejected as ancestors for contemporary multiethnic writing. Combining the approaches of the new modernist studies and ethnic studies, the book.
Modernism (Literature) - United States. --- American literature --- Modernism (Literature) --- Minorities --- Multiculturalism in literature --- Ethnic groups in literature --- Ethnicity in literature --- American Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Minority authors --- Intellectual life --- Multiculturalism in literature. --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Literature-History and criticism. --- America-Literatures. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Literary History. --- North American Literature. --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature—History and criticism. --- America—Literatures. --- Literature, Modern --- Literature --- America --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- 20th century. --- Literatures. --- Appraisal --- Evaluation
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"During the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, Kashmir Valley--an intricate mix of regional, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and caste communities--became a hotly disputed territory. With portions of the region divided among India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China, major territorial disputes, particularly between India and Pakistan, have persisted over historical and cultural claims to the land. 'Imagining Kashmir' negotiates the cinematic and literary imaginations of the Kashmir region's conflicts and diverse citizenship, analyzing a wide range of narratives from writers and directors such as Salman Rushdie, Bharat Wakhlu, Mani Rutman, and Mirza Waheed in conjunction with research in psychology, cognitive science, and social neuroscience. Hogan provides a historical and cultural analysis of Kashmir that advances the existing theoretical knowledge of narrative, colonialism, and their corresponding ideologies in relation to the the cognitive and affective operations of identity. Hogan considers how narrative organizes people's understanding of, and emotions about, real political situations, and the ways in which such situations in turn influence cultural narratives, re-forming and potentially deforming them"--Provided by publisher.
Colonies in motion pictures. --- Colonies in literature. --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Motion pictures --- Politics and literature --- English literature --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Psychological aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Political aspects --- History. --- Minority authors --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Kashmir, Vale of (India) --- Kashmir Valley (India) --- Vale of Kashmir (India) --- Ethnic relations --- History --- In motion pictures. --- In literature.
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The essays in this collection examine the connections between the forces of empire and women's lives in the early Americas, in particular the ways their narratives contributed to empire formation. Focusing on the female body as a site of contestation, the essays describe acts of bravery, subversion, and survival expressed in a variety of genres, including the saga, letter, diary, captivity narrative, travel narrative, verse, sentimental novel, and autobiography. The volume also speaks to a range of female experience, across the Americas and across time, from the Viking exploration to early nineteenth-century United States, challenging scholars to reflect on the implications of early American literature even to the present day.
American prose literature --- American literature --- Women authors, American --- Women --- Women in literature --- Politics in literature --- Nationalism in literature --- Social problems in literature --- American Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Women authors --- Minority authors --- Biography --- Intellectual life --- Women in literature. --- Politics in literature. --- Nationalism in literature. --- Social problems in literature. --- History and criticism. --- American women authors --- Political science in literature --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- America-Literatures. --- Literature, Modern. --- Literature-History and criticism. --- Sociology. --- North American Literature. --- Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. --- Literary History. --- Gender Studies. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Modern literature --- Arts, Modern --- America—Literatures. --- Literature—History and criticism.
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This study examines contemporary narratives by Arab-American, South-Asian American, Chicana, and Cuban-American women writers. Gomaa argues that the disparate histories of Arabs, South Asians, Chicanas, and Cubans in the U.S. unfold new non-national sites for affiliations and identifications that unsettle notions of a unified American national space. In each chapter a South-Asian American, Chicana, or Cuban-American text is paired with an Arab-American text to examine sites of ambivalence, which problematize an individual's sense of belonging to an "imagined community." The author proposes a redefinition of imagined communities to imagined transnational communities, which are formed beyond the geographical boundaries of a single nation and are not nation-centered. This study values Arab-American writings as a potential terrain to expand American Studies, and calls attention to Arab-American feminist strategies that contribute to theoretical debates by and about American women writers.
American literature --- National characteristics, American, in literature --- Belonging (Social psychology) in literature --- American Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Minority authors --- Women authors --- History and criticism. --- English literature --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Sociology. --- America-Literatures. --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Fiction. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Gender Studies. --- North American Literature. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- Fiction --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Literature --- Novelists --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Philosophy --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- America—Literatures. --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Literature, Modern --- Sex. --- America --- Culture --- Fiction Literature. --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Cultural studies --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- 20th century. --- Literatures. --- Philosophy. --- Study and teaching. --- Theory
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"In 18th- and 19th-century debates about the constructions of American nationhood and national citizenship, the frequently invoked concept of divided sovereignty signified the division of power between state and federal authorities and/or the possibility of one nation residing within the geopolitical boundaries of another. Political and social realities of the 19th century (immigration, slavery, westward expansion, indigenous treaties, financial panics, etc.) amplified anxieties about threats to national/state sovereignty. Rochelle Zuck argues that, in the decades between the ratification of the Constitution and the publication of Sutton Griggs's novel Imperium in Imperio in 1899, four racial and ethnic populations were most often referred to as nations within the nation: African Americans, Cherokees, Irish Americans, and Chinese Americans. Writers and orators from these groups engaged the concept of divided sovereignty to assert individual, communal, and national sovereignty (not just ethnic or racial identity), to gain political traction, and to complicate existing formations of nationhood and citizenship. Their stories intersected with issues that dominated 19th-century public argument and contributed to the Civil War. In five chapters focused on these groups, Zuck reveals how constructions of sovereignty shed light on a host of concerns including regional and sectional tensions; territorial expansion and jurisdiction; economic uncertainty; racial, ethnic, and religious differences; international relations; immigration; and arguments about personhood, citizenship, and nationhood"--Provided by publisher.
American literature --- Sovereignty in literature. --- Political culture --- Citizenship --- Nationalism --- Sovereignty --- Minorities --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- International law --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Self-determination, National --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Minority authors --- History and criticism. --- History --- Social aspects --- Law and legislation --- United States --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- ZSA --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Америка (Republic) --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- САЩ --- Съединените щати --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- ولايات المتحدة --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- 미국 --- Politics and government --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU
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