{"product_id":"global-matters-paperback","title":"Global Matters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Jay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the pace of cultural globalization accelerates, the discipline of literary studies is undergoing dramatic transformation. Scholars and critics focus increasingly on theorizing difference and complicating the geographical framework defining their approaches. At the same time, Anglophone literature is being created by a remarkably transnational, multicultural group of writers exploring many of the same concerns, including the intersecting effects of colonialism, decolonization, migration, and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Jay surveys these developments, highlighting key debates within literary and cultural studies about the impact of globalization over the past two decades. \u003ci\u003eGlobal Matters\u003c\/i\u003e provides a concise, informative overview of theoretical, critical, and curricular issues driving the transnational turn in literary studies and how these issues have come to dominate contemporary global fiction as well. Through close, imaginative readings Jay analyzes the intersecting histories of colonialism, decolonization, and globalization engaged by an array of texts from Africa, Europe, South Asia, and the Americas, including Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, Junot Díaz's \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e, Kiran Desai's \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/i\u003e, Arundhati Roy's \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Vikram Chandra's \u003ci\u003eRed Earth and Pouring Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, Mohsin Hamid's \u003ci\u003eMoth Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, and Zakes Mda's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Redness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely intervention in the most exciting debates within literary studies, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive guide to the transnational nature of Anglophone literature today and its relationship to the globalization of Western culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Jay is Professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author most recently of\u003ci\u003e Contingency Blues: The Search for Foundations in American Criticism.\u003c\/i\u003e Visit his blog for this book at jayglobalmatters.weebly.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335304888569,"sku":"9780801476075","price":55.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WDJUVVYvRmt0MEpwYjdKMHdyb1IxUT09.webp?v=1769657882","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/global-matters-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}