A Poetics of Borderlands; A Comparative Study of Selected Texts by Contemporary US Latina/Chicana and Polish Women Writers

ISBN-13: 9783631892329 / Angielski

Aleksandra Holubowicz

Opis

The book examines issues that recur in the works of the women writers separated by the Atlantic:language, identity and motherhood are issues under scrutiny. A poetics of borderlands hinges on nomadic subjectivity and nepantla condition. Both also pervade the works of Polish authors, not that widely researched in the mainstream literary studies.

Spis treści

Introduction. The Concept of Borderlands - Chapter 1. Language of the Borderlands - Chapter 2. National Identity, Race, and Class - Chapter 3. Borderland Motherhoods - Chapter 4. Nomadic Subjectivity in Borderland Poetics

O autorze

Aleksandra Holubowicz does research in the field of literary studies, specializing in contemporary American literature and border studies. She earned her PhD at Gdan´sk University and is currently employed at Charles University in the Czech Republic.