{"product_id":"global-matters-9780801476075","title":"Global Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the pace of cultural globalization accelerates, the discipline of literary studies is undergoing dramatic transformation. Scholars and critics focus increasingly on theorizing difference and complicating the geographical framework defining their approaches. At the same time, Anglophone literature is being created by a remarkably transnational, multicultural group of writers exploring many of the same concerns, including the intersecting effects of colonialism, decolonization, migration, and globalization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Jay surveys these developments, highlighting key debates within literary and cultural studies about the impact of globalization over the past two decades. Global Matters provides a concise, informative overview of theoretical, critical, and curricular issues driving the transnational turn in literary studies and how these issues have come to dominate contemporary global fiction as well. Through close, imaginative readings Jay analyzes the intersecting histories of co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Jay offers an interesting study of a popular theme of the international nature.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr. Zulfiqar Ali * The Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Transnational Turn in Literary StudiesPart One: Globalization and the Study of Literature\u003cbr\u003e 1. Difference, Multiculturalism, and the Globalizing of Literary Studies\u003cbr\u003e 2. What Is Globalization?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Economies, Cultures, and the Politics of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Border Studies: Remapping the Locations of Literary StudyPart Two: Globalization in Contemporary Literature\u003cbr\u003e 5. Post–Postcolonial Writing in the Age of Globalization: \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Earth and Pouring Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoth Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Globalization and Nationalism in Kiran Desai's \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Cultural Politics of Development in Zakes Mda's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Redness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Multiculturalism and Identity in Zadie Smith’s \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Transnational Masculinities in Junot Díaz’s \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003eConclusionNotes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405152919895,"sku":"9780801476075","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801476075.jpg?v=1730488898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-matters-9780801476075","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}