Agency
Which forms of agency does literature offer to the reader in the twenty-first century? This study investigates migrant lives in contemporary fiction published by young British Asian writers. Examining the protagonists’ ideas of ›success‹ in becoming a full member of their society, Jessica Fischer ca...
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2020
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| description | Which forms of agency does literature offer to the reader in the twenty-first century? This study investigates migrant lives in contemporary fiction published by young British Asian writers. Examining the protagonists’ ideas of ›success‹ in becoming a full member of their society, Jessica Fischer carves out the naturalised model of homo economicus in these texts and in contemporary fiction more generally. She draws attention to the enterprising self as the preferred subject in today’s hegemonic discourses and postulates a new conceptualisation of ›agency‹. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to narratives of transformation. Moreover, it is an urgently needed combination of cultural and postcolonial studies that tackles ethical questions concerning the normative construction of the subject in identity politics. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-371412025-07-31T12:52:40Z Agency Fischer, Jessica Literary Criticism European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism Which forms of agency does literature offer to the reader in the twenty-first century? This study investigates migrant lives in contemporary fiction published by young British Asian writers. Examining the protagonists’ ideas of ›success‹ in becoming a full member of their society, Jessica Fischer carves out the naturalised model of homo economicus in these texts and in contemporary fiction more generally. She draws attention to the enterprising self as the preferred subject in today’s hegemonic discourses and postulates a new conceptualisation of ›agency‹. This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to narratives of transformation. Moreover, it is an urgently needed combination of cultural and postcolonial studies that tackles ethical questions concerning the normative construction of the subject in identity politics. 2020-12-24T04:00:21Z 2020 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45814 9783826070365 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37141 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45814/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45814/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45814/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45814/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45814/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45814/1/external_content.pdf Königshausen & Neumann Königshausen & Neumann e633abb6-1240-4649-9814-97d079ac852b Knowledge Unlatched 9783826070365 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Königshausen & Neumann open access |
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