Cold war reckonings : authoritarianism and the genres of decolonization /

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"How did the Cold War shape culture and political power in decolonizing countries and give rise to authoritarian regimes in the so-called free world? Cold War Reckonings tells a new story about the Cold War and the global shift from colonialism to independent nation-states. Assembling a body of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Watson, Jini Kim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Decolonization in literature.
Cold War in literature.
Décolonisation dans la littérature.
Guerre froide dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Comparative Literature.
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : ruling like a foreigner : theorizing "Free World" authoritarianism in the Asia-Pacific Cold War
  • Writing freedom from Bandung to PEN International
  • In the shadow of Solzhenitsyn : Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Kim Chi-ha, Ninotchka Rosca, and Cold War critique
  • Separate futures : other times of Southeast Asian decolonization
  • The wrong side of history : anachronism and authoritarianism
  • Killing communists, transitional justice, and the making of the post-Cold War
  • Epilogue : authoritarian lessons for neoliberal times.

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