Juan-José Martín-González
Transoceanic Perspectives in Amitav Ghosh¿s Ibis Trilogy
- Springer International Publishing
- 2021
- Gebunden
- 180 Seiten
- ISBN 9783030770556
Transoceanic Perspectives in Amitav Ghosh¿s Ibis Trilogy studies Ghosh¿s Sea of Poppies (2008), River of Smoke (2011) and Flood of Fire (2015) in relation to maritime criticism. Juan-José Martín-González draws upon the intersections between maritime criticism and postcolonial thought to provide, via an analysis of the Ibis trilogy, alternative insights into nationalism(s), cosmopolitanism and globalization. He shows that the Victorian age in its transoceanic dimension can be read as an era of proto-globalization that facilitates a materialist critique of the inequities of contemporary global neo-liberalism. The book argues that in order to maintain its critical sharpness, postcolonialism must re-direct its focus towards today¿s most obvious legacy
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