Global Identities in Transit: The Ethics and Politics of Representation in World Literatures and Cultures

Lahoussine Hamdoune; Bouchra Benlemlih

doi:10.5771/9781793624338

Summary

Global Identities in Transit: The Ethics and Politics of Representation in World Literatures and Cultures explores the myriad aspects of identity formation and identity representation in an increasingly globalized world. Covering a variety of cultural and historical experiences in addition to several texts of world literatures, the contributors discuss the configurations of transnationality and transculturality in our postcolonial and globalized world. Acknowledging that nationality, ethnicity, gender, and class are continually shaped by historical processes, the contributors hone in on the ways that the increase in mobility via migration, diaspora, and exile render identities always in transit In the face of structural inequalities and social injustices predominant in this context, the chapters reflect on the moral obligations of representation. This collection will be of interest to scholars of cultural studies, postcolonial studies, and world literature.

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-2432-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-2433-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 320
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments‌‌‌‌ No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1. Be-coming a Rhizome No access
2. Belonging and (Un)belonging in The Old Capital: A Novel of Taipei, Memories of Peking: Sout No access
3. Resisting Hegemonic Discourses in Abdelhak Serhane’s Novels No access
4. Identity Crisis, Retaliation, and Deliberations of Women No access
1. The National and the Transnational No access
2. Clandestine Bodies in Transit No access
3. “Dwelling Unconnected” and Claiming Space No access
4. Conflicts and Configurations in a Liminal Space No access
5. Alien . . . Arab . . . and Maybe Illegal in America‌‌‌‌ No access
6. Zighen Aymʼs Still Moments No access
1. The African on Hegel’s “Threshold of the World’s History” No access
2. A Modern Moroccan Eye on the West No access
3. Staging the Chronicle: The Transfer and Reevaluation of Discourse No access
4. Writing the Refugee Experience for Middle Grade and Young Adult Readers No access
5. When East Meets West in “Victoria and Abdul” No access
Index of Names No access Pages 303 - 304
Index of Subjects No access Pages 305 - 314
About the Contributors No access Pages 315 - 320