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100 1 a| Conwell, Joan.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Dismantling the center from the margins :b| patriarchy and transnational literature by women /c| by Joan Conwell.;

260 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| East Carolina University,c| 2011.;

300 a| 62 pages :b| digital, PDF file;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2011.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.;

500 a| Advisor: Richard Taylor.;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Feb. 6, 2012).;

520 3 a| This thesis explores the idea that transnational women writers are liminal figures: marginal as women, marginal as writers, and marginal as transnational personae "betwixt and between" nations. Authorial liminality provides a vantage point that is neither fully inside nor fully outside the system, and therefore privileges intimate literary confrontations with patriarchy. Beginning with a general discussion of transnational women writers, otherness, and liminality, the thesis progresses to more specific tropes--border crossing, Third Space, the subversive use of religious imagery and symbol, and the interplay between silence and voice--identified as anti-patriarchal devices in the works of contemporary transnational women writers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul, Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, and Fadia Faqir's Pillars of Salt are discussed as novels emblematic of anti-patriarchal fiction by contemporary transnational women writers, and the thesis explores the four tropes in the context of these works.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

650 0 a| Patriarchy in literature.=| ^A184011;

650 0 a| Women authors.=| ^A66046;

650 0 a| Literature and transnationalism.=| ^A1097849;

650 0 a| Transnationalism.=| ^A486475;

600 10 a| Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,d| 1977-t| Purple hibiscus.=| ^A563112;

600 10 a| Shafak, Elif,d| 1971-t| Bastard of Istanbul.=| ^A1185518;

600 10 a| Danticat, Edwidge,d| 1969-t| Dew Breaker.=| ^A357898;

600 10 a| Faqir, Fadia,d| 1956-t| Pillars of Salt.=| ^A1193304;

653 a| Literature;

653 a| Women's studies;

653 a| Comparative literature;

700 1 a| Taylor, Richard C., 1956-?| UNAUTHORIZED;

710 2 a| East Carolina University.b| Department of English.=| ^A641948;

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Dismantling the center from the margins : patriarchy and transnational literature by women / by Joan Conwell.

Author/creator	Conwell, Joan
Other author	Taylor, Richard C., 1956-
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication Info	[Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2011.
Description	62 pages : digital, PDF file
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- Purple hibiscus. Shafak, Elif, 1971- Bastard of Istanbul. Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Dew Breaker. Faqir, Fadia, 1956- Pillars of Salt. Patriarchy in literature. Women authors. Literature and transnationalism. Transnationalism.

Summary	This thesis explores the idea that transnational women writers are liminal figures: marginal as women, marginal as writers, and marginal as transnational personae "betwixt and between" nations. Authorial liminality provides a vantage point that is neither fully inside nor fully outside the system, and therefore privileges intimate literary confrontations with patriarchy. Beginning with a general discussion of transnational women writers, otherness, and liminality, the thesis progresses to more specific tropes--border crossing, Third Space, the subversive use of religious imagery and symbol, and the interplay between silence and voice--identified as anti-patriarchal devices in the works of contemporary transnational women writers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul, Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, and Fadia Faqir's Pillars of Salt are discussed as novels emblematic of anti-patriarchal fiction by contemporary transnational women writers, and the thesis explores the four tropes in the context of these works.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.
General note	Advisor: Richard Taylor.
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Feb. 6, 2012).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2011.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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