Thinking with the Familiar in Contemporary Literature and Culture 'Out of the Ordinary'

by Joel Kuortti

What grows out of the ordinary? This volume focuses on that which has been regarded as ordinary, self-evident and formulaic in literary and cultural phenomena such as diasporic cuisine, pet adoption narratives, Prairie writing, romance between stepsiblings, the program of a political party, and everyday shopping in poetry. The book argues that by engaging with that which is perceived as ordinary we also gain understanding of how otherness becomes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004402276
• ISBN13: 9789004402270
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"