Fictions of America
Subtitle: narratives of global empire
By: Judie Newman.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon; N.Y., NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780415333832; 9780415333849; 9780203414057
Subjects: Literature and globalization; American literature -- Foreign influences; American literature -- History and criticism; Literature, Comparative; Multiculturalism in literature; Culture and globalization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The west coast offense; title: Red letters : Hester Prynne in India and Arizona; title: In the missionary position : Emily Prager in China; title: Black Atlantic or Black Athena? globalising the African American story; title: Local life, global death : David Bradley's surrogate stories; title: Going global : from Danish postcolonial novel to world bestseller; title: Southern apes: McCarthy's neotenous killers; title: Priority narratives : Bharati Mukherjee's desirable daughters.