The Novel And The Globalization Of Culture
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The Novel And The Globalization Of Culture
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Author : Michael Valdez Moses
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1995-05-25
The Novel And The Globalization Of Culture written by Michael Valdez Moses and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-05-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Bringing together canonical European authors with authors from the Third World, this book analyzes the emergence of the modern global novel, and the way it mirrors the underlying process of cultural globalization. Through detailed readings of Stendhal, Hardy, Conrad, Achebe, and Vargas Llosa, this study reveals how the spread of Western modernity--materially and culturally--has been shadowed by the destruction of traditional societies. These novels focus on the individual tragedies of those who represent pre-modern ways of life; in the process, offering a corrective to Hegel's abstruse philosophy of history. From rural Victorian England to the Malay Archipelago, and from the Igbo heartland in Africa to the backlands of Brazil, a global narrative unfolds, one where the forces of modernization clash with the defenders of traditional society. Moses contributes to the ongoing debate on Alexandre Koj`eve and the "end of history", while, at the same time, moving beyond sterile oppositions--canonical versus non-canonical works, formal literary criticism versus political/historical critique. With its new conceptualization of modernity and globalization, this book will interest the literary scholar, cultural critic, social scientist, and political theorist.
Narratives Of Difference In Globalized Cultures
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Author : Belén Martín-Lucas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-12-07
Narratives Of Difference In Globalized Cultures written by Belén Martín-Lucas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book is about how the marketing of transnational cultural commodities capitalizes on difference and its appeal for cosmopolitan consumers in our postmodern globalized world. At what price? What ethical and political conundrums does the artist/writer/reader confront when going global? This volume analyzes why difference - whether gender, sexual, racial, ethnic, or linguistic - has become such a prominent element in the contemporary cultural field, and the effects of this prevalence on the production, circulation and reception of cultural commodities in the context of globalization. At the intersection of globalization, diaspora, postcolonial and feminist studies in world literature, these essays engage critically with a wide variety of representative narratives taken from diverse cultural fields, including humanitarian fiction, multilingual poetry, painting, text-image art, performance art, film, documentary, and docu-poetry. The chapters included offer counter-readings that disrupt hegemonic representations of cultural identity within the contemporary, neoliberal and globalized landscape.
Globalization Colonialism In Arundhati Roy S The God Of Small Things
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Author : Katja Losensky
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2009-06
Globalization Colonialism In Arundhati Roy S The God Of Small Things written by Katja Losensky and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with Art categories.
Examination Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin, course: Cross-cultural representations of India, language: English, abstract: In this essay I want to show how globalization and colonialism are phenomenons which cannot be looked at separately when speaking about India s history and present. Roy s book does not only reveal the impact of globalization and colonialism on India and its people but the interconnection between these processes. I will give examples of how globalization and colonialism are linked and how that is shown in Arudhati Roy s novel "The God of Small Things" (1997). This is a semi-autobiographical book which includes examples that draw the authors politial beliefs and understanding of how India has been shaped and is still shaped by globalism and colonialist policies. (Roy: "Is globalisation (sic) about the eradication of world poverty or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?" For this I will look at India s economy, India s role as an exotic Other and the novel s own position within the global market of literature, the Indian Diaspora, examples for othering, self-othering and inbetweennes, at how and why caste and colonialist ideals still have major impacts on the construction of identity in times of globalization. I cannot give a profound analysis of India s colonial history and position within the context of globalism, but it will provide backround information and an insight into selected issues that have shaped and still shape India and the Indian society. The major aim of this essay is to show that "India s colonial histories cannot be ignored".
Globalization In The Novels Of Kiran Desai A Study
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Author : Ratna Hasanthi Dhavaleswarapu
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2022-09-07
Globalization In The Novels Of Kiran Desai A Study written by Ratna Hasanthi Dhavaleswarapu and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-07 with Literary Collections categories.
Academic Paper from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Literature, , language: English, abstract: Kiran Desai has created an indelible space for herself in Indian writings in English with the publication of her two novels "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" and "The Inheritance of Loss". "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" fetched for Desai the Betty Trask Award in 1998, while "The Inheritance of Loss" made her the youngest, female recipient of the coveted Man Booker Prize, in 2006. As a globalized citizen, Desai has explored the ramifications of being a globalized citizen hip hopping countries and continents. This study deals with globalization in both her novels "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" and "The Inheritance of Loss". It shows the changes that have crept into India after thorough globalization of the world. They show how Indians and Indian sensibilities have changed with globalization. Globalization refers to an increase of globalism. It refers to an increase in global relationships in socio-economic, technological and cultural domains. It denotes the buildup of a new global order in political, economic and cultural arenas. Desai through her two novels "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" and "The Inheritance of Loss" talks about the positive and negative aspects associated with globalization. The novel "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" presents the effects of globalization on Indian society and India as an economy. "The Inheritance of Loss" depicts the effects of globalization on Indian society, and Indian immigrants abroad. Hinting at the advantages associated with globalization, both the novels hint at the erasure of individual and cultural identity on account of globalization when locals in India or Indian immigrants abroad do not guard themselves against the negative aspects of globalization.
Mohsin Hamid And The Novel Of Globalization
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Author : Bryant Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Mohsin Hamid And The Novel Of Globalization written by Bryant Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literature and globalization categories.
With the rise of globalization, people and cultures are interconnected economically, culturally, and socially like never before. Where nationalism defined much of the modern period, defining how people formed social bonds and allegiances, as well as how nations develop industrially and institutionally, the current period of globalization is defined by transnational interaction in all spheres of human life. Economic borders are being dissolved by multinational corporations, and cultural products and commodities flow through a global network of interlinked cities; the global capitalist system defines, organizes, and largely determines the lives of people the world over. This inescapable interdependency is reorganizing social and cultural life, and with this reorganization, the ways in which peoples, nations, and cultures do and can coexist are being reexamined. New, more appropriate ways of viewing an emerging global culture are being sought, ones that promote cohesion and similarity, while at the same time pulling away from the emphasis on difference. Mohsin Hamid's work seeks to display these commonalities, providing a narrative which proposes to establish empathetic bonds by unmasking the deeper, foundational aspects of the global system. Rather than promoting ethnic and racial divides, which are, as recent studies have shown, culturally constructed and empirically unfounded, his novels demonstrate that access to monetary and cultural capital are much more formative in determining how and by what means humans can globally and interdependently exist and coexist.
Cultures And Of Globalization
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Author : Barrie Axford
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2011-07-12
Cultures And Of Globalization written by Barrie Axford and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-12 with Political Science categories.
This book explores the ways in which study of culture as the realm of meaning and identity can inform current debates about globalization and thus afford greater understanding of emergent globalities. By drawing on a range of disciplinary and sub-disciplinary expertise from across the social sciences and also promoting areas of cross-disciplinary research, the book contributes to the development of theory on globalization and also provides some significant illustrations of (cultural) globalization in practice through attention to novel empirical sites and issues. These include eminently cultural realms such as music, film and architecture and those that are invested with a strong cultural component, such as migration and education. Contributions emphasise the soft features of globalization and globality and most look to marry theoretical abstraction with everyday aspects of global processes, focusing on those routine and sometimes conscious connections and accommodations that make up daily life in a globalized world. In doing so, the book itself can be seen as a contribution to critical and multidimensional studies of globalization and as engaging in a form of global practice.
Global Matters
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Author : Paul Jay
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-15
Global Matters written by Paul Jay and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
As 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. Paul 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 colonialism, decolonization, and globalization engaged by an array of texts from Africa, Europe, South Asia, and the Americas, including Zadie Smith's White Teeth, Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss, Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Vikram Chandra's Red Earth and Pouring Rain, Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke, and Zakes Mda's The Heart of Redness. A timely intervention in the most exciting debates within literary studies, Global Matters is a comprehensive guide to the transnational nature of Anglophone literature today and its relationship to the globalization of Western culture.
Globalization And Literature
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Author : Suman Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2009
Globalization And Literature written by Suman Gupta and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies, and the bearing that they have on each other. It engages with the manner in which globalization is thematized in literary works; examines the relationship between globalization theory and literary theory; and discusses the impact of globalization processes on the production and reception of literary texts. Suman Gupta argues that while literature has registered globalization processes in relevant ways, there has been a missed articulation between globalization studies and literary studies. Some of the ways in which this slippage is now being addressed, and may be taken forward, are indicated. In the course of fleshing out this argument such themes as the following are discussed: the manner in which anti-globalization protests and world cities have figured in literary works, digitization has remoulded concepts of texts and text editing, theories of postmodernism and postcolonialism that are familiar in literary studies have diverged from and converged with globalization studies, English and Comparative/World Literature as institutional disciplinary spaces are being reconfigured, and industries to do with the circulation of literature are becoming globalized. This book is intended for university level students and teachers, researchers, and other informed readers with an interest in the above issues, and serves both as a survey of the field and an intervention within it.
Imagining Neoliberal Globalization In Contemporary World Fiction
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Author : Michael Walonen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-27
Imagining Neoliberal Globalization In Contemporary World Fiction written by Michael Walonen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-27 with Political Science categories.
We are in the midst of the third tectonic social transformation in human history. Our current transition toward greater forms of transnational interconnection, consumption- and finance-driven rather than production-based capitalism, digital information and cultural flows, and the attendant large-scale social and ecological consequences of these are drastically remaking our world, cultural producers from across the globe are seeking to make sense of, and provide insights into, these complex changes. Imagining Neoliberal Globalization in Contemporary World Fiction takes a broad cross-cultural approach to analyzing the literature of our increasingly transnationalized world system, considering how its key constituent features and local-level manifestations have been thematized and imaginatively seized upon by literary fiction produced from the perspective of the periphery of the capitalist world system. Textual renderings of globalization are not simply second-order approximations of it, but constitutive elements of globalization that condition how it will be understood and responded to, and so coming to terms with the narrativizations of globalization is vital scholarly work, as, among other things, it allows us to see to what extent it is currently possible to imagine alternatives to globalization’s more baleful aspects. This work will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of areas including contemporary literary/cultural studies, globalization studies, international relations, and international political economy.
Globalization Cultural Identities And Media Representations
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Author : Natascha Gentz
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Globalization Cultural Identities And Media Representations written by Natascha Gentz and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Social Science categories.
Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations provides a multidirectional approach for understanding the role of media in constructing cultural identities in a newly globalized media environment. The contributors cover a wide range of topics from different geopolitical areas, historical periods, and media genres. Case studies examined include the shift from print to Internet, local representations of modern world cinema and glo/cal television, narrative strategies in transnational literature, and cultural economics of the mediation of world music in India, China, Algeria, Israel, Europe, and the United States. This case study approach allows for deeper insights into the complexity of each cultural subsystem as part of the whole media culture system. This book exemplifies a transcultural and transdisciplinary dialogue that maps out new—relocalized—territories and borders for mediated cultural identities and also reveals the complexity and connectedness of all of these discourses.
