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1. Public Art, Memorials and Atlantic Slavery

   Edited by Celeste-Marie Bernier, Judie Newman

   In this collection distinguished American and European scholars, curators and artists discuss major issues concerning the representation and commemoration of slavery, as brought into sharp focus by the 2007 bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade. Writers consider nineteenth and twentieth...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Utopia and Terror in Contemporary American Fiction

   By Judie Newman

   Series: Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature

   This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, André Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. While recent critical thinkers have reengaged with Utopia, the...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Fictions of America

   Narratives of Global Empire

   By Judie Newman

   The Internet has had a huge impact on channels of communication and information, reaching across time and space to connect the world through globalisation. In this Internet-led world, story links to story, windows open on new stories and no overall authority establishes priority. This sense of...

   Published December 5th 2007 by Routledge