Title Fighting over there : U.S. war making and contemporary refugee literature / Alaina Kaus

Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 167 pages) : illustrations Series Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond. Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Fracturing the Humanitarian Promise of Anticommunism -- Chapter 2: From Good Refugee to Illegal Alien -- Chapter 3: Humanitarian Militarism and the Reclaiming of History -- Chapter 4: Neoliberal Rescue and Humanitarian Obfuscation -- Chapter 5: At the Intersection of Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover Summary "U.S. foreign policy has long been built on a dichotomy of an irreplaceable "here" and an expendable "there." In his 2003 announcement of the military campaign in Iraq, George W. Bush declared that we would fight in the Middle East so we wouldn't have to fight "on the streets of our cities." But what do the millions of people who live "over there" have to say about U.S. interventions and the displacement they provoke? In this pathbreaking study, Alaina Kaus analyzes literature by and about refugees who fled Southeast Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, North Africa, and the Middle East, in the wake of U.S. military occupation and economic intervention. Narratives by authors such as Lan Cao, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Demetria Martínez, Héctor Tobar, Dave Eggers, Mohsin Hamid, and Riverbend reveal contradictions in the human rights pledges that undergird U.S. foreign policy, which promote freedom while authorizing intervention and displacement, and favor market-based solutions over social justice and racial equality"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2023) Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism War and literature. Refugees in literature. Military occupation in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / General American literature Military occupation in literature Refugees in literature War and literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2022045022 ISBN 9781685750152 168575015X

Other Titles United States war making and contemporary refugee literature

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