After Identity

Mennonite Writing in North America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

AvRobert Zacharias,York University) Zacharias, Robert (Assistant Professor of English

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For decades, the field of Mennonite literature has been dominated by the question of Mennonite identity. After Identity interrogates this prolonged preoccupation and explores the potential to move beyond it to a truly post-identity Mennonite literature. The twelve essays collected here view Mennonite writing as transitioning beyond a tradition concerned primarily with defining itself and its cultural milieu. What this means for the future of Mennonite literature and its attendant criticism is the question at the heart of this volume. Contributors explore the histories and contexts—as well as the gaps—that have informed and diverted the perennial focus on identity in Mennonite literature, even as that identity is reread, reframed, and expanded.After Identity is a timely reappraisal of the Mennonite literature of Canada and the United States at the very moment when that literature seems ready to progress into a new era.In addition to the editor, the contributors are Ervin Beck, Di Brandt, Daniel Shank Cruz, Jeff Gundy, Ann Hostetler, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Royden Loewen, Jesse Nathan, Magdalene Redekop, Hildi Froese Tiessen, and Paul Tiessen.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-11-11
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271070377

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAfter Identity: Mennonite/s Writing in North AmericaRobert ZachariasPart 1Reframing IdentityChapter 1The Autoethnographic Announcement and the StoryJulia Spicher KasdorfChapter 2A Mennonite Fin de Siècle: Exploring Identity at the Turn of the Twenty-First CenturyRoyden LoewenChapter 3Mennonite Transgressive LiteratureErvin BeckChapter 4Double Identity: Covering the Peace Shall Destroy Many ProjectPaul TiessenChapter 5After Ethnicity: Gender, Voice, and an Ethic of Care in the Work of Di Brandt and Julia Spicher KasdorfAnn HostetlerChapter 6The Mennonite Thing: Identity for a Post-Identity AgeRobert ZachariasPart 2Expanding IdentityChapter 7In Praise of Hybridity: Reflections from Southwestern ManitobaDi BrandtChapter 8Queering Mennonite LiteratureDaniel Shank CruzChapter 9Toward a Poetics of IdentityJeff GundyChapter 10Question, AnswerJesse NathanChapter 11“Is Menno in There?” The Case of “The Man Who Invented Himself”Magdalene RedekopChapter 12After Identity: Liberating the Mennonite Literary TextHildi Froese TiessenList of ContributorsCreditsIndex

“Showcasing some of the best new scholarship in cultural studies, After Identity explodes the tight boundaries of Mennonite culture and points us toward the new literary representations that are redefining Mennonite identity in the twenty-first century. An important book for anyone interested in the debates around culture, identity, and writing in the United States and Canada.”—Felipe Hinojosa, Texas A&M University