DiverCity - global cities as a literary phenomenon : Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles in a globalizing age /

Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon ("DiverCity"). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, "What We All Long For" (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, "Native Speaker" (1995),...

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Main Author:	Pooch, Melanie U. (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2016]
Series:	Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism. Poetics > History. Globalization > Social aspects. Toronto (Ont.) > In literature. New York (N.Y.) > In literature. Los Angeles (Calif.) > In literature. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General. American literature. Literature. Poetics. California > Los Angeles. New York (State) > New York. Ontario > Toronto. Literary studies: general. Literature and literary studies. Literature: history and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Summary:	Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon ("DiverCity"). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, "What We All Long For" (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, "Native Speaker" (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, "Tropic of Orange" (1997), Melanie U. Pooch provides the connecting link for exploring the triad of globalization and its effects, global cities as cultural nodal points, and cultural diversity in a globalizing age as a literary phenomenon. Thus, she contributes to a global, interdisciplinary, and multi-perspectival understanding of literature, culture, and society.
Item Description:	Revised thesis (doctoral) - University of Mannheim. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783839435410 3839435412