Ambivalent Transnational Belonging in American Literature

Ambivalent Transnational Belonging in American Literature discusses to what extent transnational concepts of identity and community are cast within nationalist frameworks.

Author: Silvia Schultermandl
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/31/2023
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781032006475

About the Author

Silvia Schultermandl is Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of Münster. She is the author of Transnational Matrilineage: Mother-Daughter Conflicts in Asian American Literature and co-editor of six collections of essays which explore various themes in transnational studies, American literature and culture, as well as family and kinship studies, including Ethnicity and Kinship in North American and European Literatures. Among others, her articles have appeared in the following journals: Meridians, Atlantic Studies, Interactions, Journal of Transnational American Studies, and Journal of American Culture. Together with May Friedman, she is series editor of the Palgrave Series in Kinship, Representation, and Difference. Silvia's areas of interest include affect theory, literary theory, critical race theory, queer theory, visual culture, and transnational feminism.