The collapse of empires has resulted in a remarkable flourishing of indigenous cultures in former colonies. The end of the colonial era has also witnessed a renaissance of creativity in the postcolonial world as modern writers embrace their heritage. The experience of postcoloniality has also drawn the attention of academics from various disciplines and has given rise to a growing body of scholarship. This reference work overviews the present state of postcolonial studies and offers a refreshingly polyphonic treatment of the effects of globalization on literary studies in the 21st century....
The collapse of empires has resulted in a remarkable flourishing of indigenous cultures in former colonies. The end of the colonial era has also wi...
Since the 1960s American and Western European gays have set the agenda for sexual liberation and defined its emergence. Western models of homosexuality often provide the only globally recognizable frameworks for discussing gay and lesbian cultures around the world, and thus Western interpretive schemes are imposed on non-Western societies. At the same time, gay and lesbian lifestyles in emerging countries do not always neatly fit Western paradigms, and data from those countries often clash with dominant Western models. So too, the literature of emerging countries often depicts...
Since the 1960s American and Western European gays have set the agenda for sexual liberation and defined its emergence. Western models of homosexua...
The sixteen original essays by scholars from around the world examine concerns common to writers who experience marginalization based upon their inescapable identification with two or more cultures. From Australian aboriginal and Maori, to Irish, Maghrebian, and South African, and on to the rich ethnic mix in North America, the book considers fiction, poetry, autobiography, and anthropological reportage to raise questions as determinative as one's choice of language, one's presentation of self in society, one's "recovery" of a history. This collection serves as a bridge between recent...
The sixteen original essays by scholars from around the world examine concerns common to writers who experience marginalization based upon their inesc...
These thirteen essays address possible ramifications arising from the globalization of western notions of gay and lesbian identities. Examining postcolonial literature, economics, and psychology from a "queer" perspective leads to self-reflexive consideration of the canonization of postcolonial studies and queer theory in western academe.
These thirteen essays address possible ramifications arising from the globalization of western notions of gay and lesbian identities. Examining postco...
Why does Christianity feel the need to impose its customs and beliefs on the rest of the world? And why has an impulse driven at least partially by sincere concern for the -salvation- of others so often played into the hands of ruthless colonizers with more cynical aims?
Bringing together scholars in literature, history, and religion, Christian Encounters with the Other Approaches these questions by analyzing literary accounts of historically famous sites of conversion. Covering the Renaissance through to the present and spanning much of the globe, the volume discusses a...
Why does Christianity feel the need to impose its customs and beliefs on the rest of the world? And why has an impulse driven at least partially by...
Why does Christianity feel the need to impose its customs and beliefs on the rest of the world? And why has an impulse driven at least partially by sincere concern for the -salvation- of others so often played into the hands of ruthless colonizers with more cynical aims?
Bringing together scholars in literature, history, and religion, Christian Encounters with the Other Approaches these questions by analyzing literary accounts of historically famous sites of conversion. Covering the Renaissance through to the present and spanning much of the globe, the volume discusses a...
Why does Christianity feel the need to impose its customs and beliefs on the rest of the world? And why has an impulse driven at least partially by...
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...
This interdisciplinary work brings the humanities and social sciences into dialogue by examining issues such as globalized capital, discourses of a...
These collected essays demonstrate the variegation of the religious imagination. By examining the works of philosophers, theologians and novelists, the essays seek to answer the question Jesus asked his disciples, who do you say that I am?
These collected essays demonstrate the variegation of the religious imagination. By examining the works of philosophers, theologians and novelists, th...
These collected essays demonstrate the variegation of the religious imagination. By examining the works of philosophers, theologians and novelists, the essays seek to answer the question Jesus asked his disciples, who do you say that I am?
These collected essays demonstrate the variegation of the religious imagination. By examining the works of philosophers, theologians and novelists, th...
India in Africa, Africa in India traces the longstanding interaction between these two regions, showing that the Indian Ocean world provides many examples of cultural flows that belie our understanding of globalization as a recent phenomenon. This region has had, and continues to have, an internal integrity that touches the lives of its citizens in their commerce, their cultural exchanges, and their concepts of each other and of themselves in the world. These connections have deep historical roots, and their dynamics are not attributable solely to the effects of European colonialism,...
India in Africa, Africa in India traces the longstanding interaction between these two regions, showing that the Indian Ocean world provides many e...
