Topologies of Fear in Contemporary Fiction [recurso electrónico] : the Anxieties of Post-Nationalism and Counter Terrorism

The central concern of the book is the impact of global terror networks and state counterterrorism on twentieth-century fiction. A unique contribution of this book is the comparative approach, as opposed to the single author focus of most of the edited collections on terrorism in literature. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction: The Geography of Anger and the Diaspora of Terrorism....Pages 1-43 Guantánamo Confidential: Inscription of the Subject in Literature and Law, and Detainees as Legal Non-Persons at Camp X-Ray....Pages 44-64 Travels Outside the Empire: The Revision of Subaltern Historiography in Amitav Ghosh....Pages 65-84 Images for a Godless World: Violence After the Sacred in the Millennial Indian Novel....Pages 85-109 The Sublime Object of Terror in Thomas Pynchon....Pages 110-150 Looking Backward at Joseph McElroy’s Lookout Cartridge: Mining Neural Neighborhoods and Social Networks in Postmodern Fiction....Pages 151-178 Conclusion: Four Covering Principles for the Time of Terrorism....Pages 179-186 Back Matter....Pages 187-223 "Unlike other studies which have focused mainly on the response to the 9/11 attacks in writing from the United States, Topologies of Fear in Contemporary Fiction is global and comparative in its approach. It emphasizes the depiction in twentieth-century fiction of the transnational character of terrorism and counterterrorism throughout the 20th century, rather than only the response to the 9/11 attacks. The book examines what critical tools are available from contemporary literary theory and critical legal studies to develop what the book calls 'anti-terror discourse critique.' This is an important text for scholars and students of literature, cultural studies, studies of media and visual culture, and critical legal philosophy"-- Provided by publisher