Writing the world : on globalization / edited by David Rothenberg and Wandee J. Pryor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rothenberg, David, 1962-

Pryor, Wandee J.

Series:

Terra Nova Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Collections.

Literature.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA ; London : MIT Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalism as a global exchange of art and ideas: essays, memoirs, fiction, and poetry by writers including Arundhati Roy, Bill McKibben, and Naomi Klein.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; The World as We Found It; Writing the World; Why We Sing (Por que cantamos); The Ladies Have Feelings, So . . . Shall We Leave It to the Experts?; Systems; Ghost of a Full-Contact Commute; We Better Collect the Birds' Nests before the Outsiders Get Here; The Aliens in the Garden; Furbi; Civilizations; The Engagement; Roadblocks and Bridges; Monika, before Reunification; El Halloween and the Día de Muerto; Is This What Democracy Looks Like?; Global Reorganization: Conference Proceedings, Santo Domingo, 1991; Fetishes and Rarities; Honey, Sugar, and Rose; In the Village

The Snow in GhanaTwo Women, Two Worlds; At Eden's Edge; Fences of Enclosure, Windows of Possibility; Waltzing Matilda; Black Tea; An Alternative to Progress; The Globalization of Evil: Words from Baghdad and Belgrade; You Tell Us What to Do; Contributors; Sources

Notes:

"A Terra Nova book".

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-10092-0

9786612100925

0-262-28270-4

1-4237-4809-3

OCLC:

63147935