Community Boundaries and Border Crossings: Critical Essays on Ethnic Women Writers Contributor(s): Lillvis, Kristen (Editor), Miltner, Robert (Editor), Fuller, Molly (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1498539483 ISBN-13: 9781498539487 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Women |
Dewey: 809.892 |
LCCN: 2016044791 |
Series: Transforming Literary Studies |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 246 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Globalization and transnationalism have reshaped our communities and their borderlines. Communities exceed fixed boundaries, existing instead in the liminal spaces where narratives intersect, clash, or cooperate. These liminal spaces-physical and virtual, local and global-provide opportunities for diversifying discussions on diaspora, cultural hybridity, and ethnic identity. Ethnic women writers make significant contributions to this dialogue regarding the reconfiguration of people and their perimeters. A multigenre and multicultural text, Community Boundaries and Border Crossings explores the novels, short stories, essays, autobiographies, testimonios, plays, poems, and hybrid poetics of established and emerging ethnic women writers. This collection of critical essays highlights the new zones of cultural contact and exchange that are defining the twenty-first century. Each chapter reflects an awareness of cultural changes and challenges, engaging readers in a richly productive conversation concerning the interconnectedness of border crossings and community boundaries. |