Forget English! Orientalisms and World Literatures |
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| Author:
| Mufti, Aamir R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-73477-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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World literature advocates have promised to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and antiquated paradigms of national literary traditions. Aamir Mufti scrutinizes these claims and critiques the continuing dominance of English as both a literary language and the undisputed cultural system of global capitalism.
World literature advocates have promised to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and antiquated paradigms of national literary traditions. Aamir Mufti scrutinizes these claims and critiques the continuing dominance of English as both a literary language and the undisputed cultural system of global capitalism.