Transnational Canadas Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization

Author/creator Dobson, Kit Author
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWaterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press North York : University of Toronto Press [Distributor]
Description258 p. 09.000 x 06.040 in.
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SeriesTransCanada Ser.
Summary Annotation Transnational Canadasmarks the first sustained inquiry into the relationship between globalization and Canadian literature written in English. Tracking developments in the literature and its study from the centennial period to the present, it shows how current work in transnational studies can provide new insights for researchers and students.Arguing first that the dichotomy of Canadian nationalism and globalization is no longer valid in today's economic climate, Transnational Canadasexplores the legacy of leftist nationalism in Canadian literature. It examines the interventions of multicultural writing in the 1980s and 1990s, investigating the cultural politics of the period and how they increasingly became part of Canada's state structure. Under globalization, the book concludes, we need to understand new forms of subjectivity and mobility as sites for cultural politics and look beyond received notions of belonging and being.An original contribution to the study of Canadian literature, Transnational Canadasseeks to invigorate discussion by challenging students and researchers to understand the national and the global simultaneously, to look at the politics of identity beyond the rubric of multiculturalism, and to rethink the slippery notion of the political for the contemporary era.
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ISBN9781554580637
ISBN1554580633 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9781554580637
Stock number00200625

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