TransCanadian feminist fictions new cross-border ethics / Libe García Zarranz.

Author/creator García Zarranz, Libe
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMontreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 178 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Feminist literary criticism--Canada.
Canadian literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Canadian literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Canadian literature--Minority authors. --History and criticism.
Boundaries in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Canadian literature (English)--20th century. --History and criticism.
Canadian literature (English)--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Canadian fiction (English)--Minority authors. --History and criticism.

Variant title Trans-Canadian feminist fictions
Contents Trans-corporeal materialities : Dionne Brand's Ossuaries -- Unruly corporealities : Hiromi Goto's hopeful fictions -- Corporeal citizenship : deviant bodies in Emma Donoghue's Room -- Biopower and practices of freedom : Hiromi Goto's The water of possibility -- The biocapitalization of the female body : Emma Donoghue's historiographic fictions -- Necropower assemblages : Dionne Brand's Inventory -- Dionne Brand's A map to the door of no return : cross-border pathogeographies -- Affecting the ethical imagination : Emma Donoghue's Astray -- Hiromo Goto's Darkest light : assembling a new cross-border ethic -- "I dream an ethic" : Larissa Lai's posthuman borderlands.
Abstract "In this contradictory era of uneven globalization, borders multiply yet fantasies of borderlessness prevail. Particularly since September 11, this paradox has shaped deeply the lives of border-crossing subjects such as the queer, the refugee, and the activist within and beyond Canadian frontiers. In search of creative ways to engage with the conundrums related to how borders mould social and bodily space, Libe García Zarranz formulates a new cross-border ethic through post-9/11 feminist and queer transnational writing in Canada. Drawing on material feminism, critical race studies, non-humanist philosophy, and affect theory, she proposes a renewed understanding of relationality beyond the lethal binaries that saturate everyday life. TransCanadian Feminist Fictions considers the corporeal, biopolitical, and affective dimensions of border crossing in the works of Dionne Brand, Hiromi Goto, Emma Donoghue, and Larissa Lai. Intersecting the genres of memoir, fiction, poetry, and young adult literature, García Zarranz shows how these texts address the permeability of boundaries and consider the ethical implications for minoritized populations. Urging readers to question the proclaimed glamours of globality, TransCanadian Feminist Fictions responds to a time of increasing inequality, mounting racism, and feminist backlash."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 157-174) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017430457
ISBN9780773549555 (cloth)