Volunteers, Priests and Community Work in Overpopulated New York City. (Literary Representations of Pre- and Post- 9/11 NYC)
Journal Title: Dialogo - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin (2009), considered a New York, Irish- American, immigrant, 1970s and post 9/11 novel, starts with Philippe Petit’s walk on a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers in New York in 1974. This historical event is used as a symbol which links space (Park Avenue and the Bronx at the extremes), time (1974 and 2006, the post 9/11 period) and characters’ stories. An overpopulated city in permanent change, New York is constructed in the novel vertically, horizontally as networks. The article will explore the relation between the real and fictional spaces of New York in its three dimensions, or as “thirdspace”, superimposing pre- and post- 9/11 cartographies. The most relvant dimension of the overcrowded city, the horizontal connection, is achieved through the hard work and dedication of an Irish Jesuite priest (in 1974) and two community volunteers (in 2006), each of them part of dedicated networks.
Authors and Affiliations
Nicoleta Stanca
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP356856
- DOI 10.18638/dialogo.2018.4.2.16
- Views 114
- Downloads 0
On the Building of the First Stone Church of “Dintr-un Lemn” Monastery (Romania) and its Architectural Characteristics
The article discusses the historical moment of the mid-seventeenth century when the building of the stone church at “Dintr-un Lemn” Monastery began. The first benefactors are presented: boyar Preda Brâncoveanu, the ruler...
Romanian Activists from Transylvania in the Period of Austro-Hungarian Dualism
After the war with France (1859) and Prussia (1866) the Habsburg Empire was in a deep social and political crisis, very close to its dissolution, mainly due to the internal national movements in the name of new ideas and...
Diabetus Mellitus and urbanization
Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common diseases, causing significant mortality and morbidity worldwide (1). Type 2 diabetes, obesity and hyperlipidemia have been traditionally considered as diseases of affluence. Th...
The importance of faith in couple communication
Religion has always been an important element in the lives of most people. The couple represents the basic unit of life perpetuation. It is a bond formed between two people who develops and evolves together and which hav...
Postmodern Developments of Religious Language through Hermeneutics Perspective
The encounter between hermeneutics and postmodernism gave rise to an extremely interesting vision of the philosophy of religion. Thus, an essential part of recent philosophical hermeneutics claims that the religious phen...