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Some Assembly Required: Intertextuality, Marginalization, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
- Midwest Modern Language Association
- Volume 45, Number 1, Spring 2012
- pp. 75-94
- 10.1353/mml.2012.0005
- Article
- Additional Information
Readers of Oscar Wao, in being forced to decide so frequently what knowledge they will marginalize through the decisions they make about researching or simplifying each intertextual reference, are encouraged to consider to what degree their choices reflect or differ from those that have led to the kinds of personal and political situations depicted in the novel.