{"product_id":"the-age-of-the-world-target-9780822337324","title":"The Age of the World Target","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA theoretical exploration of the connected roles of area studies, poststructuralist theory, and comparative literature in constructing the world as a target for U.S. imperialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Age of the World Target\u003c\/i\u003e is a catalyzing tour-de-force. Rey Chow provides a poignant, persuasive staging of a topic that will shape the future of literary and cultural studies: the role of particular poststructuralist claims within the fields of area studies, identity politics, and comparative literature.”—Bill Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rey Chow is one of the most learned and imaginative left critics writing today, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of the World Target\u003c\/i\u003e is possibly her finest book yet. Elegantly traversing philosophy, literature, history, and politics, Chow refracts our political times through our academic practices in a fashion that is alternately pedagogical, biting, lyrical, and profound.”—Wendy Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eEdgework: Critical Essays on Knowledge and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. European Theory in America 1\u003cbr\u003e I. The Age of the World Target: Atomic Bombs, Alterity, Area Studies 25\u003cbr\u003e II. The Interruption of Referentiality: or, Poststructuralism's Outside 45\u003cbr\u003e III. The Old\/New Question of Comparison in Literary Studies: A Post-European Perspective 71\u003cbr\u003e Notes 93\u003cbr\u003e Index 117","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138190541143,"sku":"9780822337324","price":97.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822337324.jpg?v=1751918371","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-age-of-the-world-target-9780822337324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}