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This open access book uses Swedish literature and the Swedish
publishing field as recurring examples todescribe and analyse the
role of the literary semi-peripheral position in world literature
from various perspectives and on meso, micro and macro levels,
using both quantitative and qualitative methods. This includes the
role of translation in the semi-periphery and the conditions under
which literature travels to and from that position. The focus is
not on Sweden, as such, but rather on the semi-peripheral
transitional space as exemplified by the Swedish case. Consisting
of three co-written chapters, this study sheds light on what might
be called the semi-peripheral condition or the semi-periphery as an
area of transition. As part of the Cosmopolitan and Vernacular
Dynamics in World Literatures series, it makes continuous use of
the concepts of 'cosmopolitan' and 'vernacular' - or rather, the
processual terms, cosmopolitanization and vernacularization - which
provide an overall structure to the analysis of literature and
literary phenomena. In this way, the authors show that the
semi-periphery is an ideal point of departure to further the
understanding of world literature, because it is a place where the
cosmopolitan (the literary universal) and the vernacular (the
rootedness in a particular culture or place) interact in ways that
have not yet been thoroughly explored. The eBook editions of this
book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on
bloomsburycollections.com.
This open access book uses Swedish literature and the Swedish
publishing field as recurring examples todescribe and analyse the
role of the literary semi-peripheral position in world literature
from various perspectives and on meso, micro and macro levels,
using both quantitative and qualitative methods. This includes the
role of translation in the semi-periphery and the conditions under
which literature travels to and from that position. The focus is
not on Sweden, as such, but rather on the semi-peripheral
transitional space as exemplified by the Swedish case. Consisting
of three co-written chapters, this study sheds light on what might
be called the semi-peripheral condition or the semi-periphery as an
area of transition. As part of the Cosmopolitan and Vernacular
Dynamics in World Literatures series, it makes continuous use of
the concepts of 'cosmopolitan' and 'vernacular' – or rather, the
processual terms, cosmopolitanization and vernacularization –
which provide an overall structure to the analysis of literature
and literary phenomena. In this way, the authors show that the
semi-periphery is an ideal point of departure to further the
understanding of world literature, because it is a place where the
cosmopolitan (the literary universal) and the vernacular (the
rootedness in a particular culture or place) interact in ways that
have not yet been thoroughly explored. The eBook editions of this
book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on
bloomsburycollections.com.
This volume takes a broad outlook on the concept of
transculturality. Contributions from 19 authors and specialists, of
almost as many diverse origins, grapple with this concept, each in
their own way. How can transculturality be described? How can it
help us understand our world? Many of the chapters deal with
literary texts, others with the stories told in movies, drama, and
visual art. There are texts about the complexity of the European
Burqa-Ban debate, the negative aspects of Portuguese
multiculturalism, or the border-crossing experiences of Filipino
immigrants in Ireland. Several chapters examine stereotypes, the
idea of movement, the dissolution of cultural borders, or the
nature of bilingual writing. It is a unique contribution to the
field, on a virtually global scale.
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