{"product_id":"world-literature-and-the-politics-of-the-minority","title":"World Literature and the Politics of the Minority","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBook Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jihee Han\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rawat Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Standard Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9788131605769\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Literature and the Politics of the Minority\u003c\/em\u003e is a thought-provoking collection of essays that redefines the landscape of \u003cstrong\u003eworld literature\u003c\/strong\u003e. The contributors challenge the \u003cstrong\u003eWest-centered\u003c\/strong\u003e, monochronic perspective of world literature and propose a new space where the \u003cstrong\u003epolychronic literatures\u003c\/strong\u003e of 'minor' countries and peoples can be heard, liberated from the epistemological constraints of the West's \u003cstrong\u003eOther\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book reviews the concepts of \u003cstrong\u003emajority\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eminority\u003c\/strong\u003e within the context of the \u003cstrong\u003eglobal capitalist system\u003c\/strong\u003e, exploring the ethics of the new minority and providing fresh perspectives on literature from countries traditionally marginalized. The volume features the \u003cstrong\u003eminority voices\u003c\/strong\u003e from the so-called major countries in world literature, such as \u003cstrong\u003eIndia’s Dalit and tribal writing\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eChina’s reception of William Shakespeare\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJapan’s literary engagement\u003c\/strong\u003e. At the same time, it highlights the often overlooked voices from \u003cstrong\u003eEgypt\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003eUnited Arab Emirates\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSouth Korea\u003c\/strong\u003e, exploring \u003cstrong\u003epostcolonial\u003c\/strong\u003e conditions and literary activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these essays, the book invites readers to reconsider the notion of \u003cstrong\u003eminority\u003c\/strong\u003e not as a fixed position but as a \u003cstrong\u003etransmutable space of becoming\u003c\/strong\u003e, opening a dialogue about the role of a \u003cstrong\u003enew digital generation of humanists\u003c\/strong\u003e and their challenge to the \u003cstrong\u003ecapitalist world economy system\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinority Discourses in\/and World Literature: Dalit and Tribal Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Jasbir Jain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChinese Literature as World Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Wang Ning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobal Englishes, Literary Studies, and the Japanese Academy\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Myles Chilton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMutability of Home and Exile: The Oriental Dance\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Marie-Therese Abdel-Messih\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiasporic Imagination and the Significance of Home in the Novels of Amitav Ghosh\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Santosh Gupta\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Burden of History: Ko Un’s Poetry as a Political and Philosophical Act\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Jihee Han\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterature of the Arabian Peninsula and Transcultural Literary Exchange in the Post-Oil Era\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Saddik Gohar and Doris Hambuch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIkezawa Natsuki as a Conscientious Witness to Japanese Society and History\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Hajime Saito\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare in China: Past, Present, and Future\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ Liu Hao\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJihee Han\u003c\/strong\u003e is an \u003cstrong\u003eAssociate Professor of English\u003c\/strong\u003e at \u003cstrong\u003eGyeongsang National University\u003c\/strong\u003e, Republic of Korea. 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