{"product_id":"postcolonialism-after-world-literature-lorna-burns-9781350211483","title":"Postcolonialism After World Literature: Relation, Equality, Dissent","description":"Postcolonial studies took shape in response to the nationalist and decolonization movements of the twentieth century. Today, a resurgent interest in world literature reflects an increased awareness of globalization. These twin projects are torn between a criticism that finds in the text the trace of capitalist modernity and one that accounts for the revolutionary potential of literature to challenge our global present. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Postcolonialism After World Literature\u003c\/i\u003eexposes what is at stake in this critical choice through a line of philosophical enquiry - Bruno Latour, Gilles Deleuze, and Jacques Ranci鑽e - that poses an alternative to the materialist strand of world literary criticism pioneered by Pascale Casanova and Franco Moretti. Engaging with these theorists and others, Lorna Burns contests world-systems theory as the basis for thinking about contemporary postcolonial and world literatures, and proposes a renewed framework that promotes literature's capacity to provoke dissent; to imagine new forms of belonging and relation for both national and world citizens; and to stage the shared equality of all. Moving between theory and the novels of Roberto Bola, J. M. Coetzee, Kamel Daoud, Dany Laferri鑽e, Pauline Melville, Arundhati Roy and Kamila Shamsie, \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialism After World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e presents the case for rethinking world literature in light of the legacies of postcolonialism, and for reshaping postcolonial studies in an era of world literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorna Burns\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literatures at the University of St Andrews, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Caribbean Writing and Deleuze\u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorna Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350211486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350211483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Lorna Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126858346751,"sku":"9781350211483","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd511ea5-42dc-470e-8013-955b953abb79.jpg?v=1687450548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postcolonialism-after-world-literature-lorna-burns-9781350211483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}