{"product_id":"9780674986893-forget-english","title":"Forget English!","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrientalisms and World Literatures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice \u003c\/i\u003eOutstanding Academic Title of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe idea of world literature has garnered much attention recently as a discipline that promises to move humanistic study beyond postcolonial theory and antiquated paradigms of “national” literary traditions. In \u003ci\u003eForget English! \u003c\/i\u003eAamir Mufti scrutinizes the claims made on behalf of world literature by its advocates. The notion of a borderless, egalitarian global literature has obvious appeal, he notes, but behind it lurks the continuing dominance of English as a literary language and a cultural system of international reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mufti’s historical perspective and insightful analyses of India’s anglophone novel generate constant echoes with the realities of anglophone writings in other cultures.”\u003cbr\u003e—Eva Shan Chou, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mufti’s book is in one sense a quarrel with Salman Rushdie’s overly enthusiastic celebration of English-language ‘postcolonial’ South Asian literature, but more important, the book extends, qualifies, and enriches Edward Said’s work on Orientalism, demonstrating that despite its promise, world literature does not eliminate the dominant role of the Anglophone book market in shaping South Asian literature…Mufti’s book is both accessible and theoretically informed.”\u003cbr\u003e—K. Tölölyan, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30385780785249,"sku":"9780674986893","price":21.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27646902.jpg?v=1721952573","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674986893-forget-english","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}