Titlebook: Contemporary Historical Fiction, Exceptionalism and Community; After the Wreck Susan Strehle Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and Th

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978-3-030-55468-2The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl

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D. Mendlovic,Z. Zalevsky,A. W. Lohmann, slavery, and genocide; they trace the logic of histories “after the wreck” when nations assume an exalted, exceptionalist identity and violate the human rights of their Others, rendering community impossible. A first section of the introduction draws on the work of New Americanist scholars to deve

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5040-8storical fiction have focused on its political content or self-reflexive form; recent critical approaches to contemporary historical fiction have analyzed form rather than content. Distinctive content in this type of historical fiction includes political readings of historical events, criticism of g

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P. Ferrand,S. Aubert,G. Oliveira,L. Smati an imperial exceptionalist state reaping capitalist profit with an imaginary sociality functioning through the barter and exchange of goods and services, consensual decision-making, and implicit commitments to equality and justice. This chapter explores Unsworth’s extensive research on slavery, the

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P. Ferrand,S. Aubert,G. Oliveira,L. Smatiic racism. Communities in both novels play a transformative role, welcoming Black protagonists and spurring their growth and healing. After examining Morrison’s use of relevant historical references to racist exceptionalism in both novels, the chapter explores community attitudes and values in Lotus

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P. Ferrand,S. Aubert,G. Oliveira,L. Smati Native children, placed in government-run Indian schools designed to estrange them from a kinship culture based on collective sharing. The kinship collective appears in an extended family linked across generations; it demonstrates power when the fifth and latest LaRose, a shared child, averts both

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,Near — Infrared Diode Laser Air Monitoring,to Others. Caught in a “bardo” or interim time between phases of existence, Saunders’s exceptionalist ghosts have little empathy: they have disavowed death and slavery, refused responsibility for Others, and shrunk into pettier versions of themselves. After exploring Saunders’s interpretation of his

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M. D. Wright,N. T. Plant,R. H. Brownss of this kind of fiction, this chapter briefly analyzes several global novels of wreckage, including genocide, tyranny, and violations of human rights. In novels like ., ., ., and ., writers portray the damaging impacts of exceptionalist nationalism on Others and on community itself. Demonstrating

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n multiple possibilities for belonging. Analyzing novels from Britain, Australia and the U.S., along with additional transnational examples, Susan Strehle explores the political vision animating some contemporary historical fictions. .978-3-030-55468-2978-3-030-55466-8