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Author:

Slaughter, Joseph R.

Title:

Human Rights, Inc. : the world novel, narrative form, and international law / Joseph R. Slaughter.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

ix, 435 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature and society.
Bildungsromans--History and criticism.
Human rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-417) and index.

Contents:

Novel subjects and enabling fictions: the formal articulation of international human rights law -- Becoming plots: human rights, the bildungsroman, and the novelization of citizenship -- Normalizing narrative forms of human rights: the (dys)function of the public sphere -- Compulsory development: narrative self-sponsorship and the right to self-determination -- Clefs à roman: reading, writing, and international humanitarianism.

ISBN:

0823228185 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780823228188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0823228177 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780823228171 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007039795

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)