This text brings into focus Said's politics of reading from his literary criticism in English to his political columns in Arabic. The international contributors look at his intellectual legacies without necessarily identifying themselves with the critical positions these involve.
This text brings into focus Said's politics of reading from his literary criticism in English to his political columns in Arabic. The international co...
While cultural diversity and hybridity have often been celebrated, they also challenge traditional concepts of national and cultural identity - challenges which have caused considerable anxiety. Various disciplines have often investigated the impact of cultural hybridity, multiculture, and (post)colonialism in relative isolation and with a tendency towards over-theorization and loss of specificity. Greater interdisciplinary cooperation can counter this tendency and encourage sustained comparisons between different former empires and across language boundaries. This volume contributes to such...
While cultural diversity and hybridity have often been celebrated, they also challenge traditional concepts of national and cultural identity - challe...
