Rewriting American Identity in the Fiction and Memoirs of Isabel Allende [electronic resource] /
Craig, B.author.
Moving away from territorially-bound narratives toward a more kinetic conceptualization of identity, this book represents the first analysis of the politics of American identity within the fiction and memoirs of Isabel Allende. Craig offers a radical transformation of societal frameworks through revised notions of place, temporality, and space.
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Rewriting American Identity in the Fiction and Memoirs of Isabel Allende; Contents; CHAPTER 1: Belonging within Isabel Allende's "California Dream"; An Overview of Allende's Work and Life Story; Allende within National Literary Paradigms; Allende within an American Studies Framework; Research Ethics and Personal Background; Structure of Monograph; CHAPTER 2: The Politics of National Belonging; Allende's Vision of Belonging within the United States; Multiple Origins within Chile, the United States, and "That Country inside My Head"; Conclusion
CHAPTER 3: "The Intangible Space" of Belonging: Paradigms of Affective Engagement within NationTheories on Affective Engagement; Allende's Territory of Love; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4: Gendered Discourses of Patriarchal Nationalism: "The Intransigent Father"; "Masculine" Discourses of American Citizenship; Military, Nationalism, and Patriarchal Discourses; Conclusion; CHAPTER 5: Feminist, "Feminine," and "Matriarchal" Nations?; "Feminine" Structures within Allende's Memoirs; "Matriarchal" Structures in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion
CHAPTER 6: Sites of Transformation within the Americas: Historical California and an Inter-American IdentityEliza Sommers's Nomadic Subjectivity within National Borders; Legends of Hispanic Subjectivity within National Borders; "American" Subjectivity outside of the Anglo-Hispanic Divide; Californian Origins and Lai Ming/Aurora; Conclusion; CHAPTER 7: Future Sustainable Landscapes of Belonging: The "Young American" and Eco-Centered Ethical Frameworks; Theoretical Frameworks for Sustainable Futures within Young Adult Fiction; City of the Beasts and the Ecological "El Dorado"
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Ecological UtopiasForest of the Pygmies and Ecological Dystopias; Mapping Twenty-First Century Americans; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-212) and index.
Moving away from territorially-bound narratives toward a more kinetic conceptualization of identity, this book represents the first analysis of the politics of American identity within the fiction and memoirs of Isabel Allende. Craig offers a radical transformation of societal frameworks through revised notions of place, temporality, and space.
Allende, Isabel
English language.
Literature   .
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature.
Sociology.
Ethnology—Latin America.
English.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literature, general.
Gender Studies.
Latin American Culture.