Global Fissures : Postcolonial Fusions

Abstract

A collection of essays that examines the relationship between globalisation and the postcolonial. The three subssections are as follows Section 1. Theorizing the Global and the Postcolonial - John Hawley, 'Theorizing the Diaspora' - Robert Spencer: 'The Price of Silence: Intellectual communication in the Age of Globalization' - Shaobo Xie,'Is the world decentred? A Postcolonial Perspective on Globalization' Section 2.Globalization and Literature - Cynthia Sugars, 'World Famous Across Canada: National Identity in the Global Village' - Chitra Sankaran, 'Ethics, Aesthetics and the Globalized other in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things' - A. Clare Brandabur, 'The elephant in the Living-Room: A Postcolonial Reading of Waiting for Godot' - Isabel Hoving, 'On Invasions, Weeds and Wilderness: The Dutch Imagination of Globalization (thrice) - C.L. Innes, 'Cosmopolitan Readers and Postcolonial Identities' - Mustapha Marrouchi, 'The Fantasy of Home' Section 3. Globalization, Politics and Culture - Vijaysree Chaganti and Kanukolanuk Ravichandra, Macauley to Microsoft: Globalization and the Indian Academy' - Jennifer Lawn, 'Creativity Inc., Globalizing the Cultural Imaginary in New Zealand' - Chris Prentice, 'Riding the Whale? Postcolonialism and Globalization in Whale Rider' - Martin Spaul and Amina Minhas, 'Representing Interconnection and Cultural Flow: Towards Reframing Tourist Experience with New Media' - Peter D. Osborne, 'anredoM acitpO or Aztec Cameras: Cultural Hybridity and Latin American Photography