{"product_id":"after-identity-robert-zacharias-9780271070384","title":"After Identity: Mennonite Writing in North America","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the field of Mennonite literature has been dominated by the question of Mennonite identity. \u003ci\u003eAfter Identity \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates this prolonged preoccupation and explores the potential to move beyond it to a truly post-identity Mennonite literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter Identity \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Zacharias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271070382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271070384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Robert Zacharias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998553190655,"sku":"9780271070384","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-identity-robert-zacharias-9780271070384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}