The Image of the United States in Meredith Talusan’s Fairest

D 2023

The Image of the United States in Meredith Talusan’s Fairest

ZLÁMALOVÁ, Karolína

Basic information

Original name

The Image of the United States in Meredith Talusan’s Fairest

Authors

ZLÁMALOVÁ, Karolína (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Opava, Silesian Studies In English 2021. Proceedings of the 6th international conference of English and American studies, 9th-10th September 2021, p. 351-367, 17 pp. 2023

Publisher

Silesian University in Opava

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00131888

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-80-7510-556-1

Keywords in English

Meredith Talusan; Fairest; the United States; American Dream; queer; immigrant; albino; memoir

Abstract

V originále

The paper discusses the ways in which the United States as a new homeland is approached and portrayed in Meredith Talusan’s 2020 memoir Fairest and how Talusan’s queerness impacts this portrayal. After introducing the image of the United States as a new homeland for queer immigrants, the paper moves on to the analysis of Talusan’s depiction of the United States. It demonstrates the complex situation of an immigrant protagonist who is aware of the postcolonial reality yet still adopts and reproduces some of the Western and white-centrist views. Drawing on the theories of Jasbir Puar and Sara Ahmed, the paper demonstrates how the protagonist becomes the right kind of migrant and the right kind of queer, displaying dedication and perseverance. Finally, the paper concludes that this also makes Talusan a good autobiographical subject who narrates her story of trauma in a culturally sanctioned and celebrated way.

Links

MUNI/A/1054/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Paradigms, strategies and developments - Anglophone literary and cultural studies III

Investor: Masaryk University, Paradigms, strategies and developments - Anglophone literary and cultural studies III

Citovat

ZLÁMALOVÁ, Karolína. The Image of the United States in Meredith Talusan’s Fairest. Online. In Crhová, Marie; Weiss, Michaela. Silesian Studies In English 2021. Proceedings of the 6th international conference of English and American studies, 9th-10th September 2021. Opava: Silesian University in Opava, 2023, p. 351-367. ISBN 978-80-7510-556-1.

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ZLÁMALOVÁ, Karolína. The Image of the United States in Meredith Talusan’s Fairest. Online. In Crhová, Marie; Weiss, Michaela. \textit{Silesian Studies In English 2021. Proceedings of the 6th international conference of English and American studies, 9th-10th September 2021}. Opava: Silesian University in Opava, 2023, p.~351-367. ISBN~978-80-7510-556-1.

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