Necessary travel new area studies and Canada in comparative perspective / edited by Susan Hodgett and Patrick James.

Other author Hodgett, Susan, 1960-
Other author James, Patrick, 1957-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Descriptionix, 193 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Overview -- Introduction: context : theorizing the new area studies / Susan Hodgett, and Patrick James -- New area studies around the globe -- New area studies in the borderlands of Asia / Mandy Sadan -- New area studies, the problem of Russia and "recursive nationhood" / Stephen Hutchings -- Area studies as refugee studies / Peter Gatrell -- Latin American studies : what have we achieved and where are we heading? / Christopher Sabatini, and Nicolas Albertoni Gomez -- Mastering the current : studying central asia in the 21st century / Claus Bech Hansen -- Muslim world studies or Middle East studies? / Rob Gleave -- Blurring the boundaries of history and fiction : re-imagining the past and re-defining the present through the lens of saudi women novelists / Zahia Smail Salhi and Ibrahim A. I. Alfraih -- Canada in comparative perspective -- Transarea studies : gendered mobility in North American literature / Caroline Rosenthal -- Area and circus studies: the case of and for a boundary crossing Quebec / Charles R. Batson -- Figurations of the border and new area studies / Claude Denis with Abdelkarim Amengay -- The state against Canadian studies / Colin Coates -- Reflections on new area studies -- What have we learned? / Susan Hodgett, and Patrick James -- About the contributors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018042890
ISBN9781498545143 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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