{"product_id":"global-matters-paul-jay-9780801476075","title":"Global Matters","description":"\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 D?z'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Jay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801476070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801476075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 234","brand":"Paul Jay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120227873023,"sku":"9780801476075","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c49ba6ca-6606-4ae1-a7f5-92899373ef85.jpg?v=1687413201","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-matters-paul-jay-9780801476075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}