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DiverCity - Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon: Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles in a Globalizing Age
[Dissertation]
Abstract Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon ("DiverCity"). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, "What We All Long For" (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, "Native Speaker" (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, "... mehr
Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon ("DiverCity"). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, "What We All Long For" (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, "Native Speaker" (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, "Tropic of Orange" (1997), the author provides the connecting link for exploring the triad of globalization and its effects, global cities as cultural nodal points, and cultural diversity in a globalizing age as a literary phenomenon. Thus, she contributes to a global, interdisciplinary, and multi-perspectival understanding of literature, culture, and society.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Literatur; Kultur; Stadt; Globalisierung; Diversität
Freie Schlagwörter
Los Angeles; New York; Toronto; City; British Studies; Literary Studies; Urban Studies
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Verlag
transcript Verlag
Erscheinungsort
Bielefeld
Seitenangabe
239 S.
Schriftenreihe
Lettre
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839435410
ISBN
978-3-8394-3541-0
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0