{"product_id":"alienhood-citizenship-exile-and-the-logic-of-difference-paperback","title":"Alienhood: Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatarzyna Marciniak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alien\" has a double meaning in the United States, suggesting both \"foreigner\" and \"extraterrestrial creature.\" In Alienhood, Katarzyna Marciniak explores this semantic duality. Interrogating the dominant images of aliens in American popular culture--and in legal, historical, linguistic, and literary discourses--Marciniak examines \"alienhood\" and the impact it has on the daily experiences of migrants, legal or illegal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing examples from exilic literature and cinema, including the works of Julia Alvarez, Eva Hoffman, Gregory Nava, and Roman Polanski, Alienhood theorizes multicultural experiences of liminal characters that belong in the interstices between nations. Investigating gendered, racialized, and ideological formations of \"aliens,\" Marciniak's readings put into dialogue narratives from both the second world and the third world in relation to \"first worldness.\" This dialogue problematizes the meanings of \"transnational\" and brings the so-called second world into these debates. In doing so, Marciniak reorients the study of immigrant or exile subjects beyond the celebrated notion of transnationalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its unique focus on \"aliens\" in relation to discourses of immigration, exile, and displacement, \u003ci\u003eAlienhood\u003c\/i\u003e shows how transnationality is, for many dislocated people, an unattainable privilege. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatarzyna Marciniak is associate professor of English at Ohio University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.94 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301483897139,"sku":"9780816645770","price":56.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a2nFtwVh0O9780816645770.webp?v=1777512837","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/alienhood-citizenship-exile-and-the-logic-of-difference-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}