Comparative Literature in the Age of Multiculturalism

Book Overview

In recent years, the idea of multiculturalism has become a powerful--and controversial--influence in a variety of social and cultural territories. In the academic world it has profoundly influenced curriculum and scholarship in the humanities, particularly in traditionally Eurocentric disciplines such as comparative literature.

It was hardly surprising, then, that the 1993 report Comparative Literature at the Turn of the Century--which endorses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801850053
• ISBN13: 9780801850059
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"