Rejection of victimhood in literature by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Luis Alberto Urrea / by Sean James Bosman.
| Author/creator | Bosman, Sean James |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] |
| Description | vi, 204 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Textxet: studies in comparative literature, 0927-5754 ; volume 96 |
| Contents | Abdulrazak Gurnah -- Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Luis Alberto Urrea -- Comparative analysis. |
| Abstract | This book builds on existing scholarship by leading theorists to offer an in-depth examination of an intriguing selection of writers. It explores how works by Abdulrazak Gurnah, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Luis Alberto Urrea represent a recalibration of how stories about marginalised migrants in the US and the UK are told - stories about their rights, their suffering, and their relationships to the citizens around them that reject victimhood and embrace just memories. The selected works reject and counter descriptions of the marginalised that are framed in terms of victimhood and passivity. As an alternative, they emphasise the need for just memories and narratives that not only accept personal agency, but also afford their characters opportunities to exercise power and control over their own lives and destinies, no matter how limited these may be. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021026832 |
| ISBN | 9789004468993 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |