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An ethics of betrayal : the politics of otherness in emergent U.S. literatures and culture /
In An Ethics of Betrayal, Crystal Parikh investigates the theme and tropes of betrayal and treason in Asian American and Chicano/Latino literary and cultural narratives. In considering betrayal from an ethical perspective, one grounded in the theories of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, Parikh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | American Literatures Initiative.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In An Ethics of Betrayal, Crystal Parikh investigates the theme and tropes of betrayal and treason in Asian American and Chicano/Latino literary and cultural narratives. In considering betrayal from an ethical perspective, one grounded in the theories of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, Parikh argues that the minority subject is obligated in a primary, preontological, and irrecusable relation of responsibility to the Other. Episodes of betrayal and treason allegorize the position of this subject, beholden to the many others who embody the alterity of existence and whose demands upon the s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823235070 0823235076 9780823247158 0823247155 1282699008 9781282699007 9780823237326 082323732X 9786612699009 6612699000 0823230449 9780823230440 |