Second Arrivals - Landscape and Belonging in Contemporary Writing of the Americas - Hardback - 2007

Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination.
Year of publication: 2007
Pagination: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations
Format: Hardback
Serie: New World Studies