DiverCity - Global Cities as a Literary Phenomenon : Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles in a Globalizing Age

Summary: Based on the structured analysis of selected North American novels, this work examines global cities as a literary phenomenon (A̻DiverCityA̫). By analyzing Dionne Brand's Toronto, A̻What We All Long ForA̫ (2005), Chang-rae Lee's New York, A̻Native SpeakerA̫ (1995), and Karen Tei Yamashita's Los Angeles, A̻Tropic of OrangeA̫ (1997), Melanie U. Pooch provides the connecting link for exploring the triad of globalization and its effects, global cities as cultural nodal points, and cultural diversity in a globalizing age as a literary phenomenon. Thus, she contributes to a global, interdisciplinary, and multi-perspectival understanding of literature, culture, and society.