Rites of Return: Diaspora Poetics and the Politics of Memory

by Nancy K. Miller

Book Overview

The first decade of the twenty-first century witnessed a passionate engagement with the losses of the past. Rites of Return examines the effects of this legacy of historical injustice and documented suffering on the politics of the present. Twenty-four writers, historians, literary and cultural critics, anthropologists and sociologists, visual artists, legal scholars, and curators grapple with our contemporary ethical endeavor to redress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231150911
• ISBN13: 9780231150910
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher