Liminal fiction at the edge of the millennium : the ends of Spanish identity / Jessica A. Folkart.

Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium: The Ends of Spanish Identity examines how diverse manifestations of otherness coalesce in the cultural response to shifting perceptions of identity in Spain as well as the broader context of globalization at the turn of the millennium.

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Main Author: Folkart, Jessica A., 1969-
Corporate Author: Bucknell University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewisburg [Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Translations; Chapter One: On the Edge: Liminality and Spanish Identity at the Turn of the Millennium; Chapter Two: The (Never) Ending Story: Apocalyptic Desire and the Liminal Fiction of Javier Marías's Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí; Chapter Three: History Incarnate and the Liminal Body in Rosa Montero's La hija del caníbal; Chapter Four: Second-Hand Identity: Limbs, Liminality, and Transplantation in Manuel Rivas's A man dos paíños.
  • Chapter Five: Ethical In-difference and Liminal Identity in Cristina Fernández Cubas's Parientes pobres del diabloChapter Six: Scoring the National Hym(e)n: Sexuality, Immigration, and Liminal Identity in Najat El Hachmi's L'últim patriarca; Conclusion: The End of Liminal Fiction; Afterword/Afterward; Works Cited; Index; About the Author.