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Overview"As the events of 11 September 2001 and their aftermath influence new developments in spy fiction as a popular genre, an examination of these literary narratives concerned with espionage and terrorism can reshape our approach to non-fictive representations of the same concerns. Post-9/11 Espionage Fiction in the US and Pakistan examines post-9/11 American spy fictions alongside Pakistani novels that draw upon many of the same figures, tropes, and conventions. As the Pakistani texts re-place spy fiction’s conventions, they offer another vantage point from which to view the affective appeals common to these conventions’ usual deployment in American texts. This book argues that the appropriation by Pakistani writers of these conventions insistently tracks how the formulaic and popular nature of post-9/11 American espionage thrillers forwards and reinforces ""appropriate"" affective responses, often linked to domestic sites and relations, to ""terrorism."" It also analyses and compares American and Pakistani representations of the twinned figures of the spy (or his proxy) and the ""terrorist,"" a term frequently conflated with fundamentalist. The insights of these analyses can serve as interpretive interruptions of non-fictive representations of Pakistani-US ""war on terror"" relations. Offering an innovative analysis of the reflection of narrative conventions in our view of the real-life events, this book will attract scholars with an interest in Pakistani literature, Postcolonial literature, Asian Studies and Terrorism studies." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cara CilanoPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9780415684514ISBN 10: 041568451 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 06 May 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Reading Spies and ""Terrorists"" 1. Genre 2. Spy 3. Proxy 4. ""Terrorist"" Conclusion: Drones"ReviewsAuthor InformationCara Cilano is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA. She is author of Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English: Idea, Nation, State (Routledge, 2013) and National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 War in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction (Routledge, 2010), as well as editor of From Solidarity to Schisms: 9/11 and After in Fiction and Film from Outside the US (2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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