Alienhood; citizenship, exile, and the logic of difference.0816645779 Alienhood; citizenship, exile, and the logic of difference. Marciniak, Katarzyna. U. of Minnesota Press 2006 197 pages $22.50 Paperback PN1995 Marciniak (English, Ohio U.) explores aliens and the construct of alienhood through a series of readings of literary and cinematic texts of exile--those of Julia Alvarez, Eva Hoffman Eva Wydra Hoffman is a writer and academic. She was born as Ewa Wydra July 1, 1945 in Kraków, Poland after her Jewish parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in Ukraine. When she was an adolescent, her family immigrated to Canada in 1959 and her named changed to Eva, and upon , Milcho Manchevski, Gregory Nava, and Roman Polanski. The readings function as case studies, relating dialogue narratives from both second and third worlds to first worldness, as the text explores alienhood in order to problematize Prob´lem`a`tize v. t. 1. To propose problems. the often salutary sal·u·tar·y adj. Favorable to health; wholesome. salutary healthful. salutary Healthy, beneficial meanings of the transnational, and to bring forth the issue of the so-called second world into these debates. With its focus on "aliens" in relation to discourses of immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. , exile, and displacement, the text shows how transnationality is, for many dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. people, an unattainable privilege. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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