Cargando…
The Americanization of human rights : Iranian, African, and Chinese lives in American autobiography /
At least since The 'New York Times Magazine' proclaimed the triumph of the confessional narrative in 1996, the U.S. American literary market has been flooded with autobiographies by survivors of human rights violations. But why are these narratives so appealing to American readers and lite...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Heidelberg :
Universitätsverlag Winter,
[2018]
|
| Colección: | American studies (Munich, Germany) ;
v. 290. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Beginnings; 2 "Women without Men"; 2.1 The Face of Iran; 2.1.1 Managing the Archives; 2.2.2 Reading beyond ‚Lolita'; 2.2 "A Truth Universally Unacknowledged"; 2.2.1 White Torture, Dark Lies; 2.2.2 Dark Skins, White Hearts; 2.3 "There is Nothing Political in American Literature"; 2.3.1 A View into the Room; 2.3.2 "A Room with a View"; 3 "This Time for Africa"; 3.1 "More than Humanitarianism"; 3.2 The Age of Innocence; 3.2.1 Mother Wendy; 3.2.2 Once upon a Time in the Never-ever-land; 3.2.3 In the National Embrace
- 3.2.4 "The Transparent Eye-Ball"3.3 Children at Work; 3.3.1 "Democracy and the Foreigner"; 3.3.2 Democracy and the Orphan; 3.3.3 The Adopted Bonds of Responsibility; 3.4 Beyond This Point Are Only Lions; 4 MADE IN CHINA; 4.1 "Winds of Change"; 4.1.1 "The End of History"; 4.1.2 Epistemic Communities; 4.2 "I Love Beijing in the Springtime, I Love Beijing in June"; 4.2.1 "The Tank Man"; 4.2.2 The Romance of the Democratic Covenant; 4.3 "The Woman Warrior"; 4.3.1 Getting Started; 4.3.2 "Human Rights Are Women's Rights and Women's Rights Are Human Rights"; 4.4 "T.S. 1989."; 4.4.1 "Norm Entrepreneurs"4.4.2 Made in USA; 5 Loose Ends; Bibliography; Backcover.