All the Difference in the World Postcoloniality and the Ends of Comparison (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Natalie Melas ISBN 13: 9780804731980

Stanford University Press, 2006. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Stanford University Press, 2006-12-07. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book

Cultural Memory in the Present. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. xvi/278 pages."This book is about culture and comparison. Starting with the history of the discipline of comparative literature and its forgotten relation to the positivist comparative method, it inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. Comparison was Eurocentric by exclusion when it applied only to European literature, and Eurocentric by discrimination when it adapted evolutionary models to place European literature at the forefront of human development. This book argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned. The point is not simply to bring more objects under comparison, but rather to examine the process of comparison. The book offers a new approach to the either/or of relativism and universalism, in which… Read More

Stanford Univ Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 278 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches.

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Paperback / softback. New. Talks about culture and comparison. This book inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. It argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned.

Stanford Univ Pr, 2006. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 278 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches.

Stanford University Press, 2006-12-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!