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1	Shades of the Planet: American Literature as World Literature more books like this by Wai Chee Dimock (Editor), Lawrence Buell (Editor) add to wishlist In a globalizing age, studying American literature in isolation from the rest of the world seems less and less justified. But is the conceptual box of the nation dispensable? And what would American literature look like without it? Leading scholars take up this debate in "Shades of the Planet", beginning not with the United States as center, but ... see all copies from $24.97! new only from $24.97! \| SVS
2	The Irish Writer and the World more books like this by Declan Kiberd add to wishlist The Irish Writer and the World is a major new book by one of Ireland's most prominent scholars and cultural commentators. Declan Kiberd, author of the award-winning Irish Classics and Inventing Ireland, here synthesises the themes that have occupied him throughout his career as a leading critic of Irish literature and culture. Kiberd argues that ... see all copies from $14.67! new only from $25.26! \| SVS
3	Memory's Stories: Interdisciplinary Readings of Multicultural Life Narratives more books like this by Thomas V McGovern add to wishlist 59.95 see all copies from $21.73! new only from $21.73! \| SVS
4	Cultural Journeys: Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults more books like this by Pamela S Gates, Dianne L Hall Mark add to wishlist This book provides a mechanism for teachers - pre-service through veteran - to develop an understanding of multicultural literature and the criteria used to evaluate it. The use of multicultural literature in the classroom greatly impacts the way teachers think about teaching and learning within the university classroom and others. Introducing ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $53.67! \| SVS
5	Postwestern Cultures: Literature, Theory, Space more books like this by Susan Kollin (Editor) add to wishlist "Postwestern Cultures" synthesizes the most critical topics of contemporary scholarship of the American West within a single volume. This interdisciplinary anthology features leading scholars in the varied fields of western American literary studies and includes new regional studies, global studies, studies of popular culture, environmental ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $23.49! \| SVS
6	Hearing All the Voices: Multicultural Books for Adolescents more books like this by Mary Ann Darby add to wishlist Hearing All the Voices is a tremendous resource for any adult who works with middle school aged adolescents. This work annotates over 500 multicultural books and gives ideas on how to group the books and use the books with students both in and out of the classroom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.97! \| SVS
7	Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature: Mirrors, Windows and Doors more books like this by Maria Jose Botelho add to wishlist 'Children's literature is a contested terrain, as is multicultural education. Taken together, they pose a formidable challenge to both classroom teachers and academics. Rather than deny the inherent conflicts and tensions in the field, in "Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors", Maria Jose Botelho ... see all copies from $44.91! new only from $49.20! \| first editions
8	American Narratives: Multiethnic Writing in the Age of Realism more books like this by Molly Crumpton Winter add to wishlist In this new study, Winter recovers the writing of four overlooked American authors from the turn of the twentieth century. In doing so, Winter salvages an early multicultural discourse on assimilation and national belonging that has been largely ignored by literary scholars. Winter shows how these writers fit into and make valuable contributions ... see all copies from $15.90! new only from $45.35!
9	The Postcolonial Exotic more books like this by Graham Huggan, Huggan Graham add to wishlist Travel writing, it has been said, helped produce the rest of the world for a Western audience. Could the same be said more recently of so-called "postcolonial" writing? In this work, Graham Huggan examines some of the processes by which value is given to postcolonial works within their cultural field. Using both literary-critical and sociological ... see all copies from $30.17! new only from $33.20! \| SVS
10	Politicizing Asian American Literature: Towards a Critical Multiculturalism more books like this by Youngsuk Chae add to wishlist This book examines U.S. multiculturalism from the perspective of Asian American writings, drawing contrasts between politically acquiescent multiculturalism and politically conscious multiculturalism. Chae discusses the works of writers who have highlighted a critical awareness of Asian Americans' social and economic status and their position as ... see all copies from $78.00! new only from $99.48!
11 view cover	Fictions of America: Narratives of Global Empire more books like this by Newman Judie, Professor Judie Newman add to wishlist The Internet has had a huge impact on channels of communication and information, reaching across time and space to connect the world through globalisation. In this Internet-led world, story links to story, windows open on new stories and no overall authority establishes priority. This sense of globalisation has raised many questions for ... see all copies from $29.76! new only from $29.76!
12 view cover	Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a, and Asian American Fictions more books like this by A Robert Lee add to wishlist AMERICAN LITERATURE A] LITERARY CRITICISM--> In the United States, Ishmael Reed, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ralph Ellison, N. Scott Momaday, Toni Morrison, Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Jessica Hagedorn are among the notable writers of color who have emerged since World War II. Although definitely individual and widely ... see all copies from $20.89! new only from $26.76! \| SVS
13 view cover	Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era more books like this by Patrick Lonergan add to wishlist Globalization is transforming theatre everywhere. As writers seek to exploit new opportunities to produce their work internationally, audiences are seeing the world -- and the stage -- differently. And, as national borders became more fluid, the barriers between economics and culture are also becoming weaker. In this groundbreaking study, Patrick ... see all copies from $54.05! new only from $74.48! \| SVS
14 view cover	Salman Rushdie's Postcolonial Metaphors: Migration, Translation, Hybridity, Blasphemy, and Globalization more books like this by Jaina C Sanga add to wishlist Metaphors allow us to describe something new in terms of the familiar. The network of Empire building was sustained through a system of metaphors that depicted the coloniser as superior and the indigenous population as primitive and deviant. The metaphors included images like bringing "light" to dark, barbaric places; "journeying" to unchartered ... see all copies from $99.86! new only from $105.57!
15 view cover	A Genealogy of Literary Multiculturalism more books like this by Christopher Douglas add to wishlist see all copies from $45.00! new only from $45.00!
16 view cover	Kipling's Imperial Boy: Adolescence and Cultural Hybridity more books like this by Don Randall add to wishlist This text opens by examining the significance of boyhood in the evolution of European modernity. Chapter one shows how closely the figure of the adolescent (the "boy") is associated with questions of imperial expansion and consolidation. The chapters that follow take up Rudyard Kipling's fiction of the imperial boy, emphasizing the imaginative ... see all copies from $80.95! new only from $88.74!
17 view cover	Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors more books like this by J Botelho Maria, Maria Jose Botelho add to wishlist 'Children's literature is a contested terrain, as is multicultural education. Taken together, they pose a formidable challenge to both classroom teachers and academics. Rather than deny the inherent conflicts and tensions in the field, in "Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors", Maria Jose Botelho ... see all copies from $116.24! new only from $116.24!
18 view cover	Everyone's Kids' Books: A Guide to Multicultural, Socially Conscious Books for Children more books like this by Nancy Braus, Molly Geidel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
19	Difference and community : Canadian and European cultural perspectives more books like this by Peter Easingwood, Konrad Gross, Lynette Hunter add to wishlist see all copies from $56.95! new only from $59.95!
20 view cover	Multicultural Literature in Contemporary Italy more books like this by Marie Orton (Editor), Graziella Parati (Editor) add to wishlist This volume offers samples of the literary and cultural productions of an innovative group of writers whose texts explore the processes of cultural hybridization taking place in contemporary Italy, following recent waves of immigration to Italy. The editors chose both short stories and selections from books that explore representation of otherness ... see all copies from $37.66! new only from $37.66!
21	Multiculturalism and representation : selected essays more books like this by John Rieder, Larry E. Smith, Linguistics University of Hawaii at Manoa. College of Languages, Literature, East-West Center add to wishlist see all copies from $8.49! new only from $9.95!
22 view cover	A Journey to Unlearn and Learn in Multicultural Education more books like this by Hongyu Wang add to wishlist Multicultural teacher education does not work without attending to the inner landscapes of learners. This collection of essays depicts a journey of unlearning deeply cherished assumptions, and gaining new, difficult understandings of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and global issues in teacher education. Foregrounding learners' own ... see all copies from $65.40! new only from $66.90! \| first editions
23 view cover	Maternal Conditions: Reading Kingsolver, Castillo, Erdrich, and Ozeki more books like this by Melissa A Schoeffel add to wishlist Maternal Conditions analyzes the depiction of motherhood in the works of Barbara Kingsolver, Ana Castillo, Louise Erdrich, and Ruth Ozeki. The book examines the politics underlying and engendered by ethnically diverse representations of the maternal, interrogating the dominant cultural understanding of the good mother. This analysis then moves to ... see all copies from $32.25! new only from $78.46!
24 view cover	Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature more books like this by Dana L Fox add to wishlist see all copies from $17.45! new only from $84.58!
25 view cover	Migrants' Literature in Postwar Germany: Trying to Find a Place to Fit in more books like this by Alfred L Cobbs add to wishlist The question of "identity" and "citizenship" in contemporary German society as a whole has resurfaced as an issue since unification, and the term "multicultural society" has became an important theme in the re-examination of the question of what it means to be "German," not only for citizens of the former FRG and the GDR, and for the newly re ... see all copies from $54.98! new only from $54.98!

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