Glenda R. Carpio

Migrant Aesthetics

Contemporary Fiction, Global Migration, and the Limits of Empathy

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Produktbeschreibung

Glenda R. Carpio argues that we need a new paradigm for migrant fiction. She shows how contemporary authors expose the historical legacies and political injustices that produce forced migration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9780231207560
• ISBN-10: 0231207565
• Artikelnr.: 68032412

Autorenporträt

Glenda R. Carpio

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Migrant Aesthetics
1. Migrant Anonymity: Strategic Opacity in Dinaw Mengestu and Teju Cole
2. Migrant Refraction: Aleksandar Hemon's Anti-Autobiography
3. Migrant Solidarity: Valeria Luiselli's Echo Canyon
4. Carceral Migration: Julie Otsuka's Internment Novels
5. Apocalypse and Toxicity: Junot Díaz's Migrant Aesthetics
6. Carceral Migration II: The Flores Declarations and Edwidge Danticat's
Brother, I'm Dying
Epilogue: "Chinga La Migra"-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's The Undocumented
Americans
Notes
Index