Two-way mirrors : cross-cultural studies in glocalization / Eugene Chen Eoyang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eoyang, Eugene Chen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature--Chinese and Western.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Western and Chinese.

Comparative literature--East Asian and Western.

Comparative literature--Western and East Asian.

Literature--Cross-cultural studies.

Literature.

Literature and globalization.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

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. In the first section, Eugene Chen Eoyang shows the different and oppositional premises in Eastern and Western poetics juxtaposed not as contradictory, requiring an either/or option, but as complementary, allowing for a mutual illumination of values. Eoyang then moves on to confront the question of globalization and postmodernism bidirectionally, from an Asian perspective as well as a Western one. The last section considers the cross-cultural dynamics, as well as the ironies of center and periphery, in the globalization and the glocalization of knowledge.

Contents:

Polar paradigms

Postmodern perspectives

The globalization/glocalization of knowledge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.

ISBN:

9780739105009

0739105000

OCLC:

141483563