{"product_id":"haunting-encounters-joanne-lipson-freed-9781501713767","title":"Haunting Encounters: The Ethics of Reading Across Boundaries of Difference","description":"\u003cp\u003eActs of cross-cultural reading have ethical consequences. In \u003ci\u003eHaunting Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e, Joanne Lipson Freed traces the narrative strategies through which certain works of fiction forge connections with their readers across boundaries of difference. Freed uses the idea of haunting--an intense, temporary, and transformative encounter that defies rational understanding--as a metaphor for the kinds of ethical relationships that such works cultivate with their readers across boundaries of difference. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreed points out how such works as Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, Leslie Marmon Silko's \u003ci\u003eCeremony\u003c\/i\u003e, and Arundhati Roy's \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e strike a delicate balance between empathy and alterity. Their engaging narratives, Freed argues, bring unfamiliar characters and distant settings to life for readers who encounter them as \"other,\" but they also highlight the limits of fiction, holding in check the impulse to colonize another's experience with one's own. \u003ci\u003eHaunting Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensitive and perceptive application of theory to real-world concerns. It draws together the fields of postcolonial fiction and narrative ethics and suggests original modes of engagement between readers and books that promise new ways of looking at the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Lipson Freed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501713760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501713767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Joanne Lipson Freed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44717564494079,"sku":"9781501713767","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44d82c9d-131a-4745-ac34-b44439e0b437.jpg?v=1705688653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haunting-encounters-joanne-lipson-freed-9781501713767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}