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oapen-20.500.12657-305702024-03-25T09:51:38Z DiverCity – Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon Pooch, Melanie U. Literature Diversity Global City Globalization Culture Literature Los Angeles New York Toronto City British Studies Literary Studies Urban Studies Multiculturalism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general 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. 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:01:45Z 2020-04-01T13:01:45Z 2016-02-15 book 645339 OCN: 957198310 9783839435410 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30570 eng Lettre application/pdf n/a 645339.pdf transcript Verlag b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839435410 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Bielefeld, Germany 101245 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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