| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in twenty-first-century literature and culture |
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Cambridge studies in twenty-first-century literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Immanence I; Chapter 2 Immanence II; Chapter 3 Transcendence; Chapter 4 Contingency; Chapter 5 Beyond-Measure; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book argues that, in the wake of the postmodern, contemporary culture becomes once again concerned with totality, the main focal point of expression for this being concepts of the global. It uncovers predominant ways of conceptualising the global in contemporary literature, film and theory. In so doing, it offers a fresh approach to the study of globalisation and culture, identifying four main categories under which concepts of the global can be placed: the immanent, the transcendent, the contingent and the beyond-measure. Alongside this, it discovers a confrontation between two predominant ways of figuring human relations on a global scale. Conceptualising the Global in the Wake of the Postmodern examines the works of various authors and filmmakers, such as Margaret Atwood, Don DeLillo, Kazuo Ishiguro, Douglas Coupland, David Cronenberg, Charlie Kaufman, and David Lynch, to show how the idea of totality has returned in contemporary culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, April 1, 2019) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Literature and globalization.
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Literature and globalization
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108757461 |
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1108757464 |
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