Memos from the Besieged City Lifelines for Cultural Sustainability |
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| Author:
| Kadir, Djelal |
| Series title: | Cultural Memory in the Present Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-7050-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a historical and critical reassessment of the field of comparative literature--the study of cultures and their literary posterity across national borders and historical frontiers--at a moment when notions of literacy and culture are under inordinate pressure by predatory globalization and militaristic realpolitik.
This is a historical and critical reassessment of the field of comparative literature--the study of cultures and their literary posterity across national borders and historical frontiers--at a moment when notions of literacy and culture are under inordinate pressure by predatory globalization and militaristic realpolitik.