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Globalization discourse now presumes that the “world space” is entirely at the mercy of market norms and forms promulgated by reactionary U.S. policies. An academic but accessible set of studies, this wide range of essays by noted scholars challenges this paradigm with diverse and strong arguments. Taking on topics that range from the medieval Mediterranean to contemporary Jamaican music, from Hong Kong martial arts cinema to Taiwanese politics, writers such as David Palumbo-Liu, Meaghan Morris, James Clifford, and others use innovative cultural studies to challenge the globalization narrative with a new and trenchant tactic called “worlding.”
The book posits that world literature, cultural studies, and disciplinary practices must be “worlded” into expressions from disparate critical angles of vision, multiple frameworks, and field practices as yet emerging or unidentified. This opens up a major rethinking of historical “givens” from Rob Wilson’s reinvention of “The White Surfer Dude” to Sharon Kinoshita’s “Deprovincializing the Middle Ages.” Building on the work of cultural critics like Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, and Kenneth Burke, The Worlding Project is an important manifesto that aims to redefine the aesthetics and politics of postcolonial globalization withalternative forms and frames of global becoming.
About the Author
Rob Wilson is an illustrator and graphic designer. Originally from West Texas, he spent more than 22 years creating award-winning work as designer and creative director for a Dallas design agency. In 2011 he founded the firm Silas Tom. Wilson brings his wit and distinctive style to projects that include work for Dell, Design Within Reach, Neiman Marcus, AT&T, HarperCollins, Refinery 29, The Washington Post Magazine, Hudson Yards, Nasher Sculpture Center and The Wall Street Journal. He is also the creator of the icon for Welcome to Night Vale, one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world. His work has been honored by Communication Arts, AIGA, Dallas Society of Visual Communication, Print, Type Director’s Club and Graphis. He was part of First Things First during NYCxDesign Week, several groups shows at Erin Cluley Gallery and the ArtSpace 14 Exhibition at Pan McMillan London. In 2018 Rob was nominated for the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award.
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