In countries worldwide, the Cold War dominated politics, society
and culture during the second half of the twentieth century. Global
Cold War Literatures offers a unique look at the multiple ways in
which writers from Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America
addressed the military conflicts, revolutions, propaganda wars and
ideological debates of the era. While including essays on western
European and North American literature, the volume views First
World writing, not as central to the period, but as part of an
international discussion of Cold War realities in which the most
interesting contributions often came from marginal or subordinate
cultures. To this end, there is an emphasis on the literatures of
the Second and Third Worlds, including essays on Latin American
poetry, Soviet travel writing, Chinese autobiography, African
theatre, North Korean literature, Cuban and eastern European
fiction, and Middle Eastern fiction and poetry. With the post-Cold
War era still in a condition of emergence, it is essential that we
look back to the 1945-89 period to understand the political and
cultural forces that shaped the modern world. The volume's analysis
of those forces and its focus on many of the hot spots' --
Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea -- that define the contemporary war
on terror', make this an essential resources for those working in
Postcolonial, American and English Literatures, as well as in
History, Comparative Literature, European Studies and Cultural
Studies. Global Cold War Literatures is a suitable companion volume
to Hammond's Cold War Literature: Writing the Global Conflict, also
available from Routledge.
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