Alif 31: The Other Americas (Journal of Comparative Poetics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9774164512 ISBN 13: 9789774164514

Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press, 2011

Synopsis

This issue of Alif focuses on critical understandings of America beyond its frequent equation with the physical borders of the United States of America and the ideological jurisdiction of its official state. Critically exploring issues of transnationalism, globalization, ethnic pluralism, and cultural cross-fertilization, The Other Americas disavows narrow traditions of American exceptionalism and develops a conversation about the less visible Americas in the domestic and global senses, considering less wellknown but no less central cultural productions within the borders of the United States and beyond them. In addition to acknowledging the social, political, artistic, and literary vitality of the entire American hemisphere, the issue suggests an even more inclusive idea of the United States by highlighting oppositional cultural practices in the fields of literature, film, and performance. The issue presents versions and visions and variations of America that seek to interrogate national identity and broaden established definitions while suggesting new modes of inquiry into the U.S. as a place in conversation with others in the world. Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics 31.

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About the Author

Ira Dworkin, assistant professor of English and comparative literature at the American University in Cairo, is the editor of Daughter of the Revolution: The Major Nonfiction Works of Pauline E. Hopkins (Rutgers University Press 2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9774164512
• ISBN 13: 9789774164514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 536
• Editor: Dworkin Ira