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Toward the Geopolitical Novel

U.S. Fiction in the Twenty-First Century

By: Caren Irr

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Toward the Geopolitical Novel

U.S. Fiction in the Twenty-First Century

By: Caren Irr

Caren Irr's survey of more than 125 novels outlines the dramatic resurgence of the American political novel in the twenty-first century. She explores the writings of Chris Abani, Susan Choi, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Díaz, Dave Eggers, Jeffrey Eugenides, Aleksandar Hemon, Hari Kunzru, Dinaw Mengestu, Norman Rush, Gary Shteyngart, and others as they rethink stories of migration, the Peace Corps, nationalism and neoliberalism, revolution, and the expatriate experience. Taken together, these innovations define a new literary form: the geopolitical novel. More cosmopolitan and socially critical than domestic realism, the geopolitical novel provides new ways of understanding crucial political concepts to meet the needs of a new century.

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Columbia University Press

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Toward the Geopolitical Novel

U.S. Fiction in the Twenty-First Century

By: Caren Irr

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Pink Pirates

Contemporary American Women Writers and Copyright

By: Caren Irr

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Pink Pirates

Contemporary American Women Writers and Copyright

By: Caren Irr

Caren Irr's clever readings of intellectual property cases and fictional texts expose the complexity of copyright, what it means not only legally but also metaphorically. By examining how women writers have grappled with the concept and significance of ownership, Irr reveals their feminist critiques of market logic and their endorsement of what she calls ̀positive piracy.' Pink Pirates's creative, interdisciplinary approach gave me new ways of thinking about motherhood, sexual pleasure, domesticity, and the commons."---Alison Piepmeier, author, Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism --

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