Getting Out of an Airport or a Romance : Representing the Post-9/11 Americaand Its Limitation in Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry

Kondo, Yuki

人文学林, 2025, 2, 177-188

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Title
Getting Out of an Airport or a Romance : Representing the Post-9/11 Americaand Its Limitation in Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry
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Kondo, Yuki ; コンドウ, ユウキ
Subject
Airport
Metafiction
Terrorism
Description
学術論文
Academic articles
Abstract
In Lisa Hallidayʼs debut novel, Asymmetry (2018), the three sections are led by different protagonists: Alice, Amar, and Ezra. This paper first investigates how the “asymmetries” presented in the novel come together. It then discusses how the post-9/11 airport transformed and became a form of “prison” for Amar by employing Foucauldian concepts. Finally, it argues that Aliceʼs leaving of her romantic partner, Ezra, for her creative freedom occurs in a way that can make us turn a critical eye to Alice for writing a rather tragic ending for Amar, because of the novelʼs metafictional nature. This suggests that while the attempt to depict someone like Amar may be admired, no easy solutions to create a post-9/11 narrative are available.
Publisher
大阪大学大学院人文学研究科
Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
Source Title
人文学林
Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities
Volume (Issue)
2
Page
177-188
Date of Issued
2025-03-31
Language
English
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/11094/100785
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18910/100785
PISSN
27588963
NCID
AB00034592
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open access
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紀要論文 Departmental Bulletin Paper
Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities / 2