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Singapore literature and culture : current directions in local and global contexts
- Title
- Singapore literature and culture : current directions in local and global contexts / edited by Angelia Poon and Angus Whitehead.
- Publication
- New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.
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- Description
- vi, 301 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Since the nation-state sprang into being in 1965, Singapore literature in English has blossomed energetically, and yet there have been few books focusing on contextualizing and analyzing Singapore literature despite the increasing international attention garnered by Singaporean writers. This volume brings Anglophone Singapore literature to a wider global audience for the first time, embedding it more closely within literary developments worldwide. Drawing upon postcolonial studies, Singapore studies, and critical discussions in transnationalism and globalization, essays unearth and introduce neglected writers, cast new light on established writers, and examine texts in relation to their specific Singaporean local-historical contexts while also engaging with contemporary issues in Singapore society. Singaporean writers are producing work informed by debates and trends in queer studies, feminism, multiculturalism and social justice - work which urgently calls for scholarly engagement. This groundbreaking collection of essays aims to set new directions for further scholarship in this exciting and various body of writing from a place that, despite being just a small 'red dot' on the global map, has much to say to scholars and students worldwide interested in issues of nationalism, diaspora, cosmopolitanism, neoliberalism, immigration, urban space, as well as literary form and content. This book brings Singapore literature and literary criticism into greater global legibility and charts pathways for future developments.
- Series Statement
- Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature
- Uniform Title
- Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-4702
- ISBN
- 9781138234185
- 1138234184
- OCLC
- 981904439
- Title
- Singapore literature and culture : current directions in local and global contexts / edited by Angelia Poon and Angus Whitehead.
- Publisher
- New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Routledge studies in twentieth-century literatureRoutledge studies in twentieth-century literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Poon, Angelia, editor.Whitehead, Angus, editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-4702