Joseph, C. A. B. and Wilson, J. M., (eds.) (2006) Global Fissures; Postcolonial Fusions. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi. 9042020180.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Abstract: | A collection of essays that examines the relationship between globalisation and the postcolonial. The three subssections are as follows Section 1. Theorizing the Global and the Postcolonial - John Hawley, 'Theorizing the Diaspora' - Robert Spencer: 'The Price of Silence: Intellectual communication in the Age of Globalization' - Shaobo Xie,'Is the world decentred? A Postcolonial Perspective on Globalization' Section 2.Globalization and Literature - Cynthia Sugars, 'World Famous Across Canada: National Identity in the Global Village' - Chitra Sankaran, 'Ethics, Aesthetics and the Globalized other in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things' - A. Clare Brandabur, 'The elephant in the Living-Room: A Postcolonial Reading of Waiting for Godot' - Isabel Hoving, 'On Invasions, Weeds and Wilderness: The Dutch Imagination of Globalization (thrice) - C.L. Innes, 'Cosmopolitan Readers and Postcolonial Identities' - Mustapha Marrouchi, 'The Fantasy of Home' Section 3. Globalization, Politics and Culture - Vijaysree Chaganti and Kanukolanuk Ravichandra, Macauley to Microsoft: Globalization and the Indian Academy' - Jennifer Lawn, 'Creativity Inc., Globalizing the Cultural Imaginary in New Zealand' - Chris Prentice, 'Riding the Whale? Postcolonialism and Globalization in Whale Rider' - Martin Spaul and Amina Minhas, 'Representing Interconnection and Cultural Flow: Towards Reframing Tourist Experience with New Media' - Peter D. Osborne, 'anredoM acitpO or Aztec Cameras: Cultural Hybridity and Latin American Photography |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | postcolonial, globalization, diaspora, global village, national identity, Waiting for Godot, cosmopolitan, home, the Indian Academy, Microsoft, cultural Imaginary, New Zealand, Whale Rider, New Media, tourist experiences, Latin American photography, cultural hybridity |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR9080 Postcolonial literature |
| Editors: | Joseph, Clara A B and Wilson, Janet M |
| Publisher: | Rodopi |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Series Name: | Cross Cultures : Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English |
| Volume: | 85 |
| Place of Publication: | Amsterdam and New York |
| Number of Pages: | 326 |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9042020180 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | No |
| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/3697 |
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