Eugene Chen Eoyang

Two-Way Mirrors

Cross-Cultural Studies in Globalization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Two-Way Mirrors engages in cross-cultural study-a pursuit inherently both reflective and reflexive, shedding light not only on the object of study but also on the subject conducting the study. The book's leading metaphor is that of the shop window, which is at once transparent (allowing a view of the merchandise on display) and reflective (offering an image of the prospective shopper). Eugene Eoyang confronts the topics of globalization, postmodernism, and the other as self, bi-directionally, from both an Asian and a Western perspective. He celebrates the continuing development of comparative literature, a discipline particularly well suited to cross-cultural exploration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9780739105009
• ISBN-10: 0739105000
• Artikelnr.: 22192821

Autorenporträt

Eugene Eoyang is professor emeritus of comparative literature and of East Asian languages and cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington and professor emeritus of humanities at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Polar Paradigms Chapter 2 Thinking Comparatively: Orienting the West
and Occidenting the East Chapter 3 Canon Fodder: The Challenge of
Non-Western Literatures Chapter 4 Agon vs. Ritual: East-West Perspectives
Chapter 5 The Ethics and Aesthetics of Literature: A Comparative
Perspective Part 6 Post-modern Perspectives Chapter 7 Being Familiar and
Being Strange: The Subjective Experience of Globalization Chapter 8
Post-Modernism and Traditional East Asian Literature Chapter 9 The Modern
and the Postmodern: A Cross-cultural Perspective Chapter 10 The Advent of
the Traditional Future: Global Imaginaries Chapter 11 "History,"
"Herstory," "Theirstory," "Ourstory": Gender, Genre, and Cultural Bias in
Accounts of East Asian Literature Part 12 The Globalization/Glocalization
of Knowledge Chapter 13 The Globalization of Knowledge: Comparative
Literature as Interdisciplinary and Multilingual Discourse Chapter 14 The
Glocalization of Knowledge: Tianya-The Ends of the Earth or the Edge of
Heaven