'Post'-9/11 South Asian Diasporic Fiction [electronic resource] : Uncanny Terror /
Liao, P.author.
While much of the critical discussion about the emerging genre of 9/11 fiction has centred on the trauma of 9/11 and on novels by EuroAmerican writers, this book draws attention to the diversity of what might be meant by "post" -9/11 by exploring the themes of uncanny terror through a close reading of four "post" -9/11 South Asian diasporic fictions.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Uncanny Terror and the 'Post'-9/11; 1 The Uncanny Violence of Strangers: Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown; 2 Crossing the Borders of the Body Politic after 9/11: The Virus Metaphor and Autoimmunity in Hari Kunzru's Transmission; 3 Home-land Insecurity: Unhomely Homes in Monica Ali's Brick Lane; 4 The Post-9/11 'Return Home' Novel: Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist; Conclusion: The Precarious Life of the Other; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While much of the critical discussion about the emerging genre of 9/11 fiction has centred on the trauma of 9/11 and on novels by EuroAmerican writers, this book draws attention to the diversity of what might be meant by "post" -9/11 by exploring the themes of uncanny terror through a close reading of four "post" -9/11 South Asian diasporic fictions.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literature   .
America-Literatures.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
British literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.