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THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND LITERATURE “TheGlobalSouth”haslargelysupplanted“theThirdWorld”indis- cussions of development studies, postcolonial studies, world litera- ture, and comparative literature. The concept registers a new set of relationships between nations of the once-colonized world as their connections to nations of the North diminish in significance. Such relationshipsregisterparticularlyclearlyincontemporaryculturalthe- oryandliteraryproduction.TheGlobalSouthandLiteratureexplores the historical, cultural, and literary applications of the term for twenty-first-centuryflowsoftransnationalculturalinfluence,tracing theirmanifestationsacrosstheGlobalSoutherntraditionsofAfrica, Asia, and Latin America. This collection of interdisciplinary contri- butions examines theorigins,development, and applications ofthis emergent term, employed at the nexus of the critical social sciences and developments in literary humanities and cultural studies. This book will be a key resource for students, graduates, and researchers workinginthefieldsofpostcolonialstudiesandworldliterature. russell west-pavlovisProfessorofAnglophoneLiteraturesatthe University of Tübingen and Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. cambridge critical concepts series CambridgeCriticalConceptsfocusesontheimportantideasanimatingtwentieth- andtwenty-first-centuryliterarystudies.Eachconceptaddressedinthisserieshas had a profound impact on literary studies, as well as on other disciplines, and alreadyhasasubstantialcriticalbibliographysurroundingit.Thisnewseriescap- turesthedynamiccriticalenergiestransmittedacrosstwentiethandtwenty-first- century literary landscapes: the concepts critics bring to reading, interpretation, and criticism. By addressing the origins, development, and application of these ideas,thebookscollateandclarifyhowtheseparticularconceptshavedeveloped, whilealsofeaturingfreshinsightsandestablishingnewlinesofinquiry. Cambridge Critical Concepts shifts the focus from period- or genre-based liter- arystudiesofakeytermtothehistoryanddevelopmentofthetermsthemselves. Broadanddetailedcontributionscumulativelyidentifyandinvestigatethevarious historicalandculturalcatalyststhatmadethesecriticalconceptsemergeasestab- lishedtwenty-first-centurylandmarksinthediscipline.Thelevelwillbesuitable foradvancedundergraduates,graduates,andspecialists,aswellastothoseteach- ingoutsidetheirownresearchareas,andwillhavecross-disciplinaryrelevancefor subjectssuchashistoryandphilosophy. PublishedTitles TimeandLiterature Editedbythomas m. allen UniversityofOttawa LawandLiterature Editedbykieran dolin TheUniversityofWesternAustralia TraumaandLiterature Editedbyroger kurtz TheCollegeatBrockport,StateUniversityofNewYork TheGlobalSouthandLiterature Editedbyrussell west-pavlov UniversityofTübingen/UniversityofPretoria ForthcomingTitles FoodandLiterature Editedbygitanjali shahani SanFranciscoStateUniversity AnimalsandLiterature Editedbybruce boehrer,molly hand andbrian massumi FloridaStateUniversityandUniversityofMontreal OrientalismandLiterature Editedbygeoffrey nash UniversityofSunderland TerrorismandLiterature Editedbypeter herman SanDiegoStateUniversity TechnologyandLiterature Editedbyadam hammond UniversityofToronto AffectandLiterature Editedbyalex houen UniversityofCambridge ClimateandLiterature Editedbyadeline johns UniversityofSurrey DecadenceandLiterature Editedbyjane desmarais anddavid weir GoldsmithCollegeandHunterCollege THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND LITERATURE edited by RUSSELL WEST-PAVLOV UniversityofTübingen/UniversityofPretoria UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi-110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06-04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108415262 doi:10.1017/9781108231930 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabySheridanBooks,Inc. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary isbn978-1-108-41526-2Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents ListofContributors pageix Acknowledgments xii 1 TowardtheGlobalSouth:ConceptorChimera,Paradigmor Panacea? 1 RussellWest-Pavlov part i origins 2 BandungNostalgiaandtheGlobalSouth 23 DuncanM.Yoon 3 ThinkingabouttheGlobalSouth:AffinityandKnowledge 34 DilipM.Menon 4 TheGlobalSouth:ModernityandExceptionality 45 SudeshMishra 5 LatinAmerica,UnevenDevelopment,PoliticalEconomy,and theGlobalSouth 56 IgnacioM.SánchezPrado part ii developments 6 TheColdWarandthe(Global)SouthAtlantic 69 KerryBystrom 7 CriticalTheory:MadeinBrazil 83 FabioAkcelrudDurão 8 AnxietiesofInfluenceandOriginintheBlackAtlantic 94 JohnE.Drabinski vii viii Contents 9 SugarandtheGlobalSouth:SubstanceofNewSolidarities 108 NadjaGernalzick part iii applications 10 InoperableRelationsandUrbanChangeintheGlobalSouth 123 AbdouMaliqSimone 11 BiopoliticsandthePotentiaofLiterature 134 AndrewMcCann 12 ExtractiveIndustriesintheGlobalSouth:Development, Necropolitics,Globalization,andPlanetaryEthics 145 RussellWest-Pavlov 13 MuslimMigrantsandtheGlobalSouth 161 TabishKhair 14 Love’sLaborsLostintheGlobalSouth 173 TeresitaCruz-delRosario 15 QueeringtheGlobalSouth:MuCaoandHisPoetry 185 HongweiBao 16 UneasyReturns:TheLiteraryTurntotheSouth 198 PashminaMurthy 17 PoliticalTheology,Literature,andtheGlobalSouth 209 SimonDuring 18 GenresoftheGlobalSouth:ThePicaresque 223 JensElze 19 SouthoftheGraphics:Gandhi,Mandela,andTellingLives 235 PramodK.Nayar 20 LiteraryTheory,SalmanRushdie,andtheGlobalSouth 250 VijayMishra 21 MedievalismonCountry 264 JennaMead 22 AgainsttheGlobalSouth 307 IsabelHofmeyr Bibliography 315 Index 352 Contributors hongwei bao isAssistantProfessorofMediaStudiesattheUniversityof NottinghamandauthorofQueerComrades(2018). kerry bystrom isAssociateProfessorandAssociateDeanoftheCollege at Bard College Berlin. She has published Democracy at Home in South Africa(2016). teresita cruz-del rosario iscurrentlyVisitingSeniorScholaratthe AsiaResearchInstituteattheNationalUniversityofSingapore.Recent books include The State and the Advocate (2014) and the coauthored Comparative Political Transitions in Southeast Asia and the Middle East (2016). john e. drabinskiisCharlesHamiltonHouston1915ProfessorofBlack StudiesatAmherstCollege.HisbooksincludeGodardbetweenIdentity andDifference(2008)andLevinasandthePostcolonial(2011). fabio akcelrud durãoisProfessorofLiteraryTheoryattheUniversity ofCampinas.RecentbookpublicationsincludeModernismandCoher- ence(2008),FragmentosReunidos(2015)andEssaysBrazilian(2016). simon during isHonoraryResearchProfessorattheUniversityofMel- bourne.HisbooksincludeModernEnchantments(2002),ExitCapitalism (2009),andAgainstDemocracy(2012). jens elzeisJuniorProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofGöttingen.He haspublishedPostcolonialModernismandthePicaresqueNovel(2017). nadja gernalzick is an Adjunct Professor of American Studies at the UniversityofMainz.SheistheauthorofKreditundKultur(2000)and TemporalityinAmericanFilmicAutobiography(2017). isabel hofmeyr is Global Distinguished Professor of English at New YorkUniversityandProfessorofAfricanLiteratureattheUniversityof ix x ListofContributors the Witwatersrand. Her publications include We Spend Our Years as a TaleThatIsTold(1994)andThePortableBunyan(2004). tabish khair isProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofAarhusandhas recently published The New Xenophobia (2016). His novel The Thing aboutThugswasshortlistedfortheManAsianLiteraryPrize(2010). andrew mccann is Professor of English at Dartmouth College. Recent publicationsincludePopularLiterature,AuthorshipandtheOccultinLate VictorianBritain(2014)andChristosTsiolkasandtheFictionofCritique (2015). jenna mead is Emeritus Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fel- lowattheUniversityofWesternAustralia.Shehaseditedbodyjamming (1997). dilip menonisMellonChairinIndianStudiesandDirectoroftheCen- treforIndianStudiesinAfricaattheUniversityoftheWitwatersrand. His books include Caste, Nationalism and Communism in South India (1994)andTheBlindnessofInsight(2006). sudesh mishra is Professor of Literature at the University of the South PacificinSuva,Fiji.HeistheauthorofPreparingFaces:Modernismand IndianPoetryinEnglish(1995)andDiasporaCriticism(2006). vijay mishraisProfessorofEnglishatMurdochUniversity,Perth.Hehas mostrecentlypublishedBollywoodCinema:TemplesofDesire(2002),The LiteratureoftheIndianDiaspora(2007),andWhatWasMulticulturalism? (2012). pashmina murthy isAssistantProfessorofEnglishatKenyonCollege. pramod k. nayarisProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofHyderabad. RecentbookpublicationsincludeTheIndianGraphicNovel(2016),Cit- izenshipandIdentityintheAgeofSurveillance(2015),andPosthumanism (2013). ignacio m. sánchez prado is Professor of Spanish and Latin Ameri- can Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of IntermitenciasAmericanistas(2012)andScreeningNeoliberalism(2014). abdoumaliq simone isProfessorofUrbanismattheMaxPlanckInsti- tute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen. His publications includeFortheCityYettoCome(2004),CityLifefromJakartatoDakar (2009),andJakarta:DrawingtheCityNear(2014).
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