World literature and the geographies of resistance / Joel Nickels, University of Miami.
World literature and the geographies of resistance / Joel Nickels, University of Miami.
World literature and the geographies of resistance / Joel Nickels, University of Miami.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/4752
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English
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Physical content
ix, 222 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: the literature of spatial occupation: a nonstate research agenda -- The general strike in the literature of decolonization: Ousmane Sembene, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Patrick Chamoiseau -- Nonstate internationalism: from Claude McKay to Arundhati Roy -- World literature as futurology: Me...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
This book proposes a new definition of world literature: an archive of democratic mechanisms external to state power. Accordingly, 'World Literature and the Geographies of Resistance' takes shape as an exploration of nonstate space - territories of self-government that contest the vertical command structures of the state. Joel Nickels argues that l...
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World literature and the geographies of resistance / Joel Nickels, University of Miami.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/4752
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74VKVk4jVbPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVk4jVbPd
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ISBN
1108428495 hardcover
9781108428491 hardcover
DDC
809.933552
MMS ID
991024184711202626
