Rather than viewing human rights as an immutable and ill-defined entity, Khor argues for the recognition of human rights as a social construct comprised of language and language use. Her case studies of Doctors Without Borders, Paul Rusesabagina and Hotel Rwanda, and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost support a new theoretical framework based on a global discourse network of human rights that enables textual and human actors to increase their power as speaking subjects.
Rather than viewing human rights as an immutable and ill-defined entity, Khor argues for the recognition of human rights as a social construct comprised of language and language use. Her case studies of Doctors Without Borders, Paul Rusesabagina and Hotel Rwanda, and Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost support a new theoretical framework based on a global discourse network of human rights that enables textual and human actors to increase their power as speaking subjects.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lena Khor is Assistant Professor of English at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, where she teaches courses on postcolonial studies, globalization, and human rights. Her research interests include human rights and humanitarian discourses, globalization processes, and contemporary World Anglophone literature.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1 Human Rights Discourse and its Global Network Chapter 2 Human Rights Survivors as Multitude Chapter 3 Human Rights Heroes/Humanitarian Saviors as Empire and Counter-Empire Chapter 4 Literal and Literary Bystanders as Multitude and the Common Chapter 101 Conclusion The Global-National and Human-Personal Paradoxes of Human Rights Discourse
Introduction Chapter 1 Human Rights Discourse and its Global Network Chapter 2 Human Rights Survivors as Multitude Chapter 3 Human Rights Heroes/Humanitarian Saviors as Empire and Counter-Empire Chapter 4 Literal and Literary Bystanders as Multitude and the Common Chapter 101 Conclusion The Global-National and Human-Personal Paradoxes of Human Rights Discourse
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