The "Other" in 9/11 literature : if you see something, say something /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bell, Lenore (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, [2017]
Subjects:	American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature. Racism in literature. African Americans in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The "Other" In 9/11 Literature; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction: Fiction's First Responders; The Gut Instinct; Fear of Death; The Rush to First World Complacency; The Role of Fiction; Selective Historical Memory; The American "Self"; 2 An American Breed: Wealthy White Protagonists; The Good Life; Falling Man; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; Terrorist; Netherland; The Submission; Conclusion; 3 Fighting the Need to be Normal: Terrorists and other Muslim Characters; It Came from the Planet Islam; Falling Man and "The Last Days of Muhammad Atta"; Atta; Terrorist
The Other Terrorist in Falling ManAsma Anwar as Sacrificial Lamb; Conclusion; 4 You Want to Dance, I Want to Watch: African-American Characters; The Good Life: Washington Lee; Falling Man: Florence Givens; Netherland: A Brief Encounter with Danielle; Terrorist: Joryleen as Jezebel; Ahmad Mulloy as Tragic Mulatto Terrorist; Conclusion; 5 Off-White Crayons: Ethnically Marked White Characters; The Good Life; Falling Man; Terrorist; The Submission; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; 6 Conclusion: Departure from Innocence; Bibliography; Films; Index