11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire

Undoubtedly, 9/11 represents a moment of inflection in the history of the United States. With the exception of the invasion of the air space back in time in faraway Pearl Harbour, the United States had never been the object of attacks in its territory. 9/11 placed the American nation in an unprecede...

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Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar 2015
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spelling I10-R337-article-131932018-09-17T10:06:40Z 11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire 11-S: Los desbordes del nuevo imperio global Carballo, Miriam globalización homogeneidad fisuras local tensión globalization local vs global affairs cracks tension Undoubtedly, 9/11 represents a moment of inflection in the history of the United States. With the exception of the invasion of the air space back in time in faraway Pearl Harbour, the United States had never been the object of attacks in its territory. 9/11 placed the American nation in an unprecedented position of vulnerability and aroused justified painful reactions, as much as vehement protests in the face of what was considered a completely unjustified attack. “The barbarian invasions” demanded a profound revision of the global order. In this work I propose to analyze the tension between the global relations and the local reality, and the ways in which the apparent homogeneity of globalization cracks when the “empire”—made up of the territories formerly colonized—counterattacks in global times. The corpus for the analysis consists of the following novels: The Falling Man by Don DeLillo (2007), Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005) and A Disorder Peculiar to the Country by Ken Kalfus (2006). Sin duda, el 11-S representa un momento de inflexión en la historia de los Estados Unidos. A excepción de la invasión del espacio aéreo del lejano Pearl Harbour, Estados Unidos no había sido nunca objeto de ataques en su territorio. El 11-S colocó a la nación estadounidense en una posición de vulnerabilidad sin precedentes y suscitó justificadas reacciones dolorosas, como así también airadas y vehementes protestas frente a lo que se consideró un ataque completamente injustificado. “Las invasiones bárbaras”1 demandaron una profunda revisión del orden global. En este trabajo me propongo analizar en El Hombre del Salto de Don DeLillo (2008), Sábado de Ian McEwan (2005) y Un trastorno propio de este país de Ken Kalfus (2008)2, la tensión entre las relaciones globales con las realidades locales y las maneras en que la aparente homogeneidad de la globalización se resquebraja cuando el “imperio”—formado por los territorios antiguamente colonizados— contraataca en tiempos globalizados. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar 2015-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/13193 Revista de Culturas y Literaturas Comparadas; Vol. 5 (2015): Las culturas y las literaturas en contextos transnacionales. 2591-3883 1852-4737 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/13193/13393 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/13193/19406 Derechos de autor 2015 Miriam Carballo
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topic globalización
homogeneidad
fisuras
local
tensión
globalization local vs global affairs
cracks
tension
spellingShingle globalización
homogeneidad
fisuras
local
tensión
globalization local vs global affairs
cracks
tension
Carballo, Miriam
11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire
topic_facet globalización
homogeneidad
fisuras
local
tensión
globalization local vs global affairs
cracks
tension
author Carballo, Miriam
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title 11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire
title_short 11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire
title_full 11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire
title_fullStr 11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire
title_full_unstemmed 11-S: The Overflows of The New Global Empire
title_sort 11-s: the overflows of the new global empire
description Undoubtedly, 9/11 represents a moment of inflection in the history of the United States. With the exception of the invasion of the air space back in time in faraway Pearl Harbour, the United States had never been the object of attacks in its territory. 9/11 placed the American nation in an unprecedented position of vulnerability and aroused justified painful reactions, as much as vehement protests in the face of what was considered a completely unjustified attack. “The barbarian invasions” demanded a profound revision of the global order. In this work I propose to analyze the tension between the global relations and the local reality, and the ways in which the apparent homogeneity of globalization cracks when the “empire”—made up of the territories formerly colonized—counterattacks in global times. The corpus for the analysis consists of the following novels: The Falling Man by Don DeLillo (2007), Saturday by Ian McEwan (2005) and A Disorder Peculiar to the Country by Ken Kalfus (2006).
publisher Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar
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