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OverviewDuring the Cold War, the West typically represented socialism as a threat to genuine aesthetic achievement. Nonetheless, socialist cultures have produced a rich and varied body of creative works, and socialism continues to be a living force in China and in many regions of the Third World. The essays in this volume begin to reassess the legacy of socialist cultural production in such areas of the world, which were outside the specific scope of influence of either the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War era. The contributors give special attention to the strong anticolonial legacy of socialism and the important role played by socialism in subsequent attempts to build viable postcolonial cultural identities. Included are chapters on creative works from China, Africa, and the Caribbean, as well as the works of multicultural artists from the United States who stand in relation to Third World cultures. The essays show that global socialist cultural production was rich and varied during the twentieth century and continues to be so, despite the tribulations experienced by socialism itself. While some of the chapters address theoretical concerns central to all socialist cultures, the volume focuses primarily on socialist cultures in those parts of the globe that were never fully inside either the Soviet or the American bloc. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dubravka Juraga , M. Keith BookerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.493kg ISBN: 9780275974893ISBN 10: 0275974898 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 30 June 2002 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Introduction by Dubravka Juraga and M. Keith Booker The Political Logic of Cosmopolitanism by Timothy Brennan Against Premature Internationalism: Reasserting the Necessity of Nationalism for Socialist Liberation in the Age of Post-Theory by Tim Libretti Revolutions in History and Memory: The Politics of Cultural Revolution in Historical Perspective by Arif Dirlik What is ""Socialism with Chinese Characteristics""?: Debates about Culture, Ideology, and Modernity in China in the 1990s by Liu Kang Writing for the Wretched of the Earth: Frantz Fanon and the Radical African Novel by M. Keith Booker ""Structurally Adjusted Amnesia,"": South Africa's Long March and Longer Walk by Barbara Harlow Striking Images: Ralph de Boissiere's Australian Socialist Realism by Allan Gardiner"Reviews".,.""libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful.""-Choice ?...libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful.?-Choice ...""libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful.""-Choice" .,. libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful. -Choice ... libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful. -Choice ?...libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful.?-Choice .,. libraries supporting specialists in literary theory will find it useful. -Choice Author InformationDUBRAVKA JURAGA is an independent scholar who has published essays on postcolonial, Russian, and East European literature. She is the coauthor of Bakhtin, Stalin, and Modern Russian Fiction: Carnival, Dialogism, and History (Greenwood, 1995), and of The Caribbean Novel in English: An Introduction (Heinemann, 2000). M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is author of numerous articles and books on modern literature and literary theory, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood, 1994), Joyce, Bakhtin, and the Literary Tradition (1996), A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism (1996), Colonial Power, Colonial Texts: India in the Modern British Novel (1977), The Modern British Novel of the Left: A Research Guide (Greenwood, 1999), The Modern American Novel of the Left: A Research Guide (Greenwood, 1999), and Film and the American Left: A Research Guide (Greenwood, 1999). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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