Karolina Golimowska Knihy

The book examines the impact of the September 11 attacks on public space, urban behavior, and architecture, highlighting a shift in how we perceive and navigate our environments. It emphasizes the necessity of redefining both real and imagined spaces in the wake of these events. By analyzing novels from across the Atlantic, the work delves into the concept of the post-9/11 city as a global entity that transcends physical boundaries, offering insights into the literary depiction of contemporary urban life.

The volume takes a close look at the forms and functions of family and kinship in cultural narratives in the United States. It analyzes social and cultural contexts of kinship and family membership, relations of family and nation on a metaphorical level, and the political discourses that regulate sexuality and reproduction. Representations of family and kinship inform all aspects of American life, which is prominently noticeable in politics, legislation, art, and the media. Family discourses are employed to communicate and negotiate constellations of power and they can serve to investigate differences, struggles, alliances, strategic endeavors, and innovative conceptualizations of kinship. The essays collected in this volume provide readings of texts across various genres that highlight the role of cultural production in reconfiguring paradigms of family and kinship in the US.