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Aftermaths
Bullock, Marcus Paul; Paikm, Peter Y.
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Description for Aftermaths
Paperback. A collection of essays that offers ideas on exile, migration, and diaspora that have emerged in the global age. Seeking perspectives on the movement of people and ideas, it looks at the power of the aesthetic experience, especially in literature and film, to unsettle theoretical paradigms and enable the rethinking of conventionalized approaches. Series: New Directions in International Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Aftermaths is a collection of essays offering compelling new ideas on exile, migration, and diaspora that have emerged in the global age. The ten contributors—well-established scholars and promising new voices—work in different disciplines and draw from diverse backgrounds as they present rich case studies from around the world. In seeking fresh perspectives on the movement of people and ideas, the essays included here look to the power of the aesthetic experience, especially in literature and film, to unsettle existing theoretical paradigms and enable the rethinking of conventionalized approaches.
Aftermaths is a collection of essays offering compelling new ideas on exile, migration, and diaspora that have emerged in the global age. The ten contributors—well-established scholars and promising new voices—work in different disciplines and draw from diverse backgrounds as they present rich case studies from around the world. In seeking fresh perspectives on the movement of people and ideas, the essays included here look to the power of the aesthetic experience, especially in literature and film, to unsettle existing theoretical paradigms and enable the rethinking of conventionalized approaches.
Marcus Bullock and Peter Y. Paik, in bringing this collection together, show we ... Read more
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in International Studies
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813544069
SKU
V9780813544069
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99-15
About Bullock, Marcus Paul; Paikm, Peter Y.
Marcus Bullock is a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is the author of Romanticism and Marxism and The Violent Eye, and coeditor of Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings vol. I: 1913–1926. Peter Y. Paik is an assistant professor in the department of French, Italian, and comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Reviews for Aftermaths
A volume that is at once sophisticated and readable, pushing at the boundaries of common conclusions about globalization, immigration, and diaspora.— Caroline Levine, University of Wisconsin-Madison