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1 online resource (xvii, 361 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cross/cultures ; 90
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ASNEL papers ; 10
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Cross/cultures ; 90.
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ASNEL papers ; 10.
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| Note |
"This volume presents a collection of papers read at the international conference 'Global Fragments: (Dis)orientation in the New World Order' held at Magdeburg in May 2003"--Page x. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
GLOBAL FRAGMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION; GLOCAL IDENTITIES: MAPPING, ITINERARIES, MEMORIES; CONSUMING GLOBALITY: PERFORMANCE, DIFFERENCE, DESIRE; IMAGINING COMMUNITIES: REPRESENTATION, DISTORTION, AFFILIATION; CONSTRUCTING COMMON GROUND: NETWORKS, CONCEPTS, IMAGES; LOCAL COLOUR IN GLOBAL ENGLISH; TEACHING NEW ENGLISH LITERATURES AND CULTURES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS. |
| Summary |
While the world seems to be getting ever smaller and globalization has become the ubiquitous buzz-word, regionalism and fragmentation also abound. This might be due to the fact that, far from being the alleged production of cultural homogeneity, the global is constantly re-defined and altered through the local. This tension, pervading much of contemporary culture, has an obvious special relevance for the new varieties of English and the literature published in English world-wide. Postcolonial literatures exist at the interface of English as a hegemonic medium and its many national, regional an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literature and globalization -- Congresses.
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Literature and globalization. |
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Postcolonialism in literature -- Congresses.
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Postcolonialism in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Bartels, Anke.
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Wiemann, Dirk.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Global fragments. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007 9789042021822 9042021829 (OCoLC)123434751 |
| ISBN |
9781429480826 (electronic book) |
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1429480823 (electronic book) |
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9789401204224 |
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9401204225 |
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9042021829 (hardbound) |
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9789042021822 (hardbound) |
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