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Global fragments : (dis)orientation in the new world order /
While the world seems to be getting ever smaller and globalization has become the ubiquitous buzz-word, regionalism and fragmentation also abound. This might be due to the fact that, far from being the alleged production of cultural homogeneity, the global is constantly re-defined and altered throug...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2007.
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| Colección: | Cross/cultures ;
90. ASNEL papers ; 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While the world seems to be getting ever smaller and globalization has become the ubiquitous buzz-word, regionalism and fragmentation also abound. This might be due to the fact that, far from being the alleged production of cultural homogeneity, the global is constantly re-defined and altered through the local. This tension, pervading much of contemporary culture, has an obvious special relevance for the new varieties of English and the literature published in English world-wide. Postcolonial literatures exist at the interface of English as a hegemonic medium and its many national, regional an. |
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| Notas: | "This volume presents a collection of papers read at the international conference 'Global Fragments: (Dis)orientation in the New World Order' held at Magdeburg in May 2003"--Page x |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781429480826 1429480823 9789401204224 9401204225 |