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Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond explores the Beur/banlieue literary and cultural field from its beginnings in the 1980s to the present. It examines the struggles of author-characters to attain self-identity and a place in the world through writing and authorship...

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Essays studying the dominant theme of conflict in cultural, literary and religious life in France in the sixteenth-century, revealed through nuanced analyses of the writings of contemporary authors. -- .

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This study investigates some literary configurations of Beijing through contemporary Chinese literature and films. Representations of these spaces are revealed to be the projections of some writers and filmmakers own cultural imaginations.

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Bringing together intersectional perspectives across disciplines such as the humanities, arts and social sciences, this book explores borders and crossings in relation to environmental damage and injustice in the context of the climate crisis.

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Examines contemporary literary representations of Muslims by British writers of South Asian Muslim descent, including Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nadeem Aslam -- .

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Examines contemporary literary representations of Muslims by British writers of South Asian Muslim descent, including Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nadeem Aslam -- .

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In this sequel to Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic, Badley examines horror fiction as a fantastic genre in which images of the body and the self are articulated and modified.

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Examining a range of genres, including novels, memoirs, travel writing and journalism, this book explores representations of Muslims and Islam in modern English literature. Covering a range of texts and authors, it scrutinises the identity 'Muslim' by looking at its inscription in literary writing within the context of significant events.

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Examining a range of genres, including novels, memoirs, travel writing and journalism, this book explores representations of Muslims and Islam in modern English literature. It discusses the representation of Muslim identity in writing by non-Muslim writers, former Muslim 'native informants', and practising Muslims.

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Examines the works of selected bilingual and bicultural writers of the United States (including Oscar Hijuelos, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Eva Hoffman) and Germany (Libuse Monikova, Rafik Schami, and E S Ozdamar, among others), developing a framework for understanding the relationship between displacement, memory, and language.

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Journalist and literary critic Charlie Lee-Potter explores the links between the novel and journalism--and the place of both in responding to traumatic cultural events--in the aftermath of 9/11.

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Examines the fiction, non-fictional prose texts, poetry and drama of the Spanish Civil War across the entire range of the political spectrum to assess the impact of political commitment on literature. After providing a political background to the war, this text studies variations in theme.

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This book examines the growing body of autobiographical and fictional writing on family and parenting issues in Anglo-American culture from the late 1990s to the present day.

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This book examines the constantly changing global climate that includes vast numbers of individuals in transit including, but not limited to immigrants, expatriates, and exiles. The contemporary writer has a vital role to play in mapping out the identities and trajectories of nomadic individuals in todays globalizing world.

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Aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. This series demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear.

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Aims to promote sophisticated literary analysis through the concept of character. This series demonstrates the necessity of linking character analysis to texts' themes, issues and ideas, and encourages students to embrace the complexity of literary characters and the texts in which they appear.