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The Postcolonial and the Global - Softcover

 
9780816646098: The Postcolonial and the Global
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0816646090 ISBN 13: 9780816646098
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007

Synopsis

This interdisciplinary work brings the humanities and social sciences into dialogue by examining issues such as globalized capital, discourses of antiterrorism, and identity politics. Essayists from the fields of postcolonial studies and globalization theory address the ethical and pragmatic ramifications of opposing interpretations of these issues and, for the first time, seek common ground.

 

Contributors: Pal Ahluwalia, U of California, San Diego; Arjun Appadurai, New School U; Geoffrey Bowker, Santa Clara U; Timothy Brennan, U of Minnesota; Ruth Buchanan, U of British Columbia; Verity Burgmann, U of Melbourne; Pheng Cheah, U of California, Berkeley; Inderpal Grewal, U of California, Irvine; Ramon Grosfoguel, U of California, Berkeley; Barbara Harlow, U of Texas, Austin; Anouar Majid, U of New England; John McMurtry, U of Guelph; Walter D. Mignolo, Duke U; Sundhya Pahuja, U of Melbourne; R. Radhakrishnan, U of California, Irvine; Ileana Rodriguez, Ohio State U; E. San Juan, Philippine Forum, New York; Saskia Sassen, U of Chicago; Ella Shohat, New York U; Leslie Sklair, London School of Economics; Robert Stam, New York U; Madina Tlostanova, Russian Peoples’ Friendship U; Harish Trivedi, U of Delhi.

 

Revathi Krishnaswamy is associate professor of English at San Jose State University.

 

John C. Hawley is professor and chair of English at Santa Clara University.

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Synopsis

According to Krishnaswamy (English, San Jose State U.) and Hawley (English, Santa Clara U.), there have been few systematic attempts to understand the links between the disciplines of postcolonialism and globalization theory even where historical or geopolitical points of reference have converged or where they share a "cultural grammar" of hybridit

About the Author

Krishnaswamy teaches in the Dept. of English, San Jose State University.

John C. Hawley is Associate Professor of English at Santa Clara University. He is the editor of several books, including "Cross-Addressing: Resistance Literature and Colonial Borders" and "Writing the Nation: Self and Country in Postcolonial Imagination".

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Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816646090
ISBN 13 
9780816646098
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
384
Editor
Krishnaswamy Revathi, Hawley John C.