Global Identities in Transit : The Ethics and Politics of Representation in World Literatures and Cultures

Global Identities in Transit: The Ethics and Politics of Representation in World Literatures and Cultures explores the myriad aspects of identity formation and identity representation in an increasingly globalized world. Covering a variety of cultural and historical experiences in addition to several texts of world literatures, the contributors discuss the configurations of transnationality and transculturality in our postcolonial and globalized world. Acknowledging that nationality, ethnicity, gender, and class are continually shaped by historical processes, the contributors hone in on the ways that the increase in mobility via migration, diaspora, and exile render identities always in transit In the face of structural inequalities and social injustices predominant in this context, the chapters reflect on the moral obligations of representation. This collection will be of interest to scholars of cultural studies, postcolonial studies, and world literature. Cover Contents Foreword Acknowledgments‌‌‌‌ Introduction Identities in Transit: Self, Nation beyond “Imperial Globality” Be-coming a Rhizome Belonging and (Un)belonging in The Old Capital: A Novel of Taipei, Memories of Peking: Sout Resisting Hegemonic Discourses in Abdelhak Serhane’s Novels Identity Crisis, Retaliation, and Deliberations of Women Across Borders and Thresholds: Identities in Diaspora Narratives The National and the Transnational Clandestine Bodies in Transit “Dwelling Unconnected” and Claiming Space Conflicts and Configurations in a Liminal Space Alien . . . Arab . . . and Maybe Illegal in America‌‌‌‌ Zighen Aymʼs Still Moments The Ethics and Politics of Representation The African on Hegel’s “Threshold of the World’s History” A Modern Moroccan Eye on the West Staging the Chronicle: The Transfer and Reevaluation of Discourse Writing the Refugee Experience for Middle Grade and Young Adult Readers When East Meets West in “Victoria and Abdul” Index of Names Index of Subjects About the Contributors "Global Identities in Transit: The Ethics and Politics of Representation in World Literatures and Cultures explores ways in which the impact of (post)colonial and global conditions on individual and group identities is reflected in different cultures and represented in world literary texts"-- Provided by publisher