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), and Karen Tei Yamashita's...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
transcript-Verlag
[2016]
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| Colección: | De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
Lettre. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43338057*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Globalization and Its Effects
- 3. Global Cities as Cultural Nodal Points
- 4. Cultural Diversity in a Globalizing Age
- 5. The Poetics of diverCity
- 6. Dionne Brand's Toronto, What We All Long For
- 7. Chang-rae Lee's New York, Native Speaker
- 8. Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, Tropic of Orange
- 9. Conclusion
- Works Cited.
