Decolonizing comparative literature : reading across Southeast Asian literatures / Chi P. Pham, Jose Monfred C. Sy, Thi Nhu Trang Nguyen, editots.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pham, Chi P., editor.

Sy, Jose Monfred C., editor.

Nguyễn, Thị NhuTrang, editor.

Series:

Asia in transition ; v. 30.

Asia in transition ; volume 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature.

Nation-building--Southeast Asia.

Nation-building.

Postcolonialism--Southeast Asia.

Postcolonialism.

Southeast Asian literature--History and criticism.

Southeast Asian literature.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

xi, 487 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., [2025]

Summary:

"This book promotes a novel and nuanced understanding of how the practices of comparative literature have engaged with the politics of nation-building in postcolonial Southeast Asia. It provides readings of Southeast Asian literatures in a comparative context, demonstrating how such readings enable texts to engage with issues connected to postcolonial nation-building across the region. Such issues include social exclusion, urbanization and environmental destruction, post-war traumas, animal narratives, migration, identity, gender, and literature, and politics. In doing so, this book moves beyond traditional comparative literature which is overwhelmingly rooted in Western literature and scholarship. To this end, it an invitation to decolonize comparative literature as a discipline. Few studies have attempted to examine the alternative non-western literary traditions that emerge from this specific Asian region, and so this book presents a rich combination of theoretical and critical studies that contribute to advancing the discipline of comparative literature in Southeast Asian geographies. It is relevant to scholars working in Asian literature, comparative literature, and in postcolonial frameworks in philosophy and cultural studies." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789819502769

9819502764

OCLC:

1525501623

Publisher Number:

90103564664

CIPO000324641