World Literature Decentered: Beyond the “West” through Turkey, Mexico and Bengal (Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature)

By: Ian Almond

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Synopsis: What would world literature look like, if we stopped referring to the “West”? Starting with the provocative premise that the “‘West’ is ten percent of the planet”, World Literature Decentered is the first book to decenter Eurocentric discourses of global literature and global history – not just by deconstructing or historicizing them, but by actively providing an alternative. Looking at a series of themes across three literatures (Mexico, Turkey and Bengal), the book examines hotels, melancholy, orientalism, femicide and the ghost story in a series of literary traditions outside the “West”. The non-West, the book argues, is no fringe group or token minority in need of attention – on the contrary, it constitutes the overwhelming majority of this world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 254 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000407136
Related ISBNs:: 9780367683375, 9781003136972, 9781032034553
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 07/14/21
Copyrighted By:: Taylor & Francis
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.