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oapen-20.500.12657-450312023-02-01T08:49:22Z DiverCity – Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon Pooch, Melanie U. Literary Criticism European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism 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. 2020-12-15T15:42:12Z 2020-12-15T15:42:12Z 2016 book 9783839435410 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45031 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 101245 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839435410 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) transcript Verlag Bielefeld 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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