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Introduction, Wenche Ommundsen, Michael Leach, Andrew Vandenberg
Introduction, Wenche Ommundsen, Michael Leach, Andrew Vandenberg
Wenche Ommundsen
What some have dubbed 'the new world disorder' of the early 21st century has forced the human and social sciences to re-examine a number of their concepts and theories. One such concept is citizenship. The twin challenges of globalisation and cultural diversity have unsettled such seemingly central assumptions as the primacy of the nation-state and the relative cohesion of its citizenry. It has thus become necessary to rethink what it means to be a citizen, at a local, national, or global level, and to ask what civil, political, social, and cultural rights may be gained, or lost, in the rush …
Special Issue: Australian Literature In A Global World - Introduction, Wenche Ommundsen, Tony Simoes Da Silva
Special Issue: Australian Literature In A Global World - Introduction, Wenche Ommundsen, Tony Simoes Da Silva
Wenche Ommundsen
This Special Issue of JASAL is based on the 2008 ASAL conference ‘Australian Literature in a Global World’ at the University of Wollongong, the conference theme in turn inspired by an ARC Discovery project, ‘Globalising Australian Literature’, currently conducted by a team of researchers at the same institution. The overall (and hugely ambitious) aim of both conference and research project was to explore the effects, on the national literature, of different aspects of globalisation: transnational flows of people, ideas and cultural forms; globalisation in the publishing and education industries; the global marketplace for cultural production. The papers tap into a …
Introduction For Text Special Issue: Literature And Public Culture, Wenche Ommundsen
Introduction For Text Special Issue: Literature And Public Culture, Wenche Ommundsen
Wenche Ommundsen
No abstract provided.
Review Of Leela Gandhi, Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction, Wenche Ommundsen
Review Of Leela Gandhi, Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction, Wenche Ommundsen
Wenche Ommundsen
No abstract provided.