Let Me In-let Me In
Why Does Terror Come From Elsewhere
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2178352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tabish Khair |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-164 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449850600973268 |
| OpenAlex | W1535635056 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
With reference to Gothic literature, fiction influenced by the Gothic genre (in particular Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights) and recent acts of “terrorism”, this paper examines and complicates the perception of terror as something creeping in from “elsewhere” or, implicitly, something attacking the heart of “European civilizations” from post/colonial areas of disturbance and barbarity. It argues that a fuller understanding of the nature of terror in the world is vital to an understanding of “globalization
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Epistemology · Globalization · Literature · Perception · Political science · Terrorism · World literature · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Themes in Literature Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |