Global Literature: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
About the Book Series
SERIES EDITORS: Claire Chambers, University of York, UK and Shital Pravinchandra, Queen Mary University of London, UK Global Literature: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives introduces both enduring and cutting-edge debates about literature from around the globe. The books in this series provide readers with a thorough background to the field, while also offering alternative views and approaches, as well as new research directions. Readers are invited to explore the transnational elements of cultural production and reception, examining texts’ critical relationship with colonial history; resistance to (neo-)colonialism; the persistent linguistic hegemony of European languages; identity and equality debates; environments; the body; and the digital age. Across the series, these accessible books connect key theoretical texts and literary examples to cultural texts and political debates, presenting complex ideas and information in a clear manner ideal for students.
Global Literature and Gender
1st Edition
By Jenni Ramone
December 31, 2024
Offering a thorough introduction to notions of gender in contemporary global literature, Global Literature and Gender uses postcolonial theories alongside theories of space and place, theories of globalization, and reference to the Posthuman and the Anthropocene as competing narratives of the ...
Global Arab Fiction
1st Edition
By Nadia Atia, Lindsey Moore
December 30, 2024
Global Arab Fiction explores twenty-first-century fiction set in north and east Africa, the Gulf, the Arab east, and diaspora, showing diversity and connections across Arab world contexts. Nadia Atia and Lindsey Moore draw on a substantial literary corpus, highlighting contemporary trends in what ...
Global Literature and the Environment
1st Edition
By Matthew Whittle, Jade Munslow Ong
August 02, 2024
Global Literature and the Environment analyses literatures from across the world that connect readers to the localized impacts of the climate and ecological emergencies. The book contextualizes ecological breakdown within the history of imperialist-capitalism, exploring how literature helps us to ...