• ISBN13: 9788126918577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: August 20, 2014
• Pages: 432
• Original Price: INR 1195.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 440 grams

The book consists of essays based on papers presented at the Fifth International Conference of the Association for the Study of Australasia in Asia (ASAA) organised in collaboration with Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP), Hyderabad in Dec 2011. It offers wide-ranging perspectives on the complex phenomenon of globalisation which is explored from a variety of standpoints by contributors drawn from different countries. As the contributors are also positioned within different pedagogical and experiential frameworks, their studies offer a multiplicity of insights into the impact of globalisation and its varying ramifications across different academic fields, geographic regions, and social contexts.

Cynthia vanden Driesen completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Ceylon and obtained her MA and PhD at the University of Western Australia. She has taught at universities in Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Australia. She is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research interests are in the areas of postcolonial literatures, particularly Indian, African and Australian. She has published nine books (four co-edited). Her latest sole-authored book was Writing the Nation: Patrick White and the Indigene (2009, Rodopi), and her most recent publication (co-edited with Ian vanden Driesen) was Change, Conflict and Convergence—Austral-Asian Scenarios (2011, Orient BlackSwan). She is President (Australian) of the Association for the Study of Australasia in Asia (ASAA). T. Vijay Kumar has an MA and an MPhil in English from University of Hyderabad and he completed his PhD on Postcolonial African Fiction at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is Professor of English at Osmania University, Hyderabad and was also the Joint Director (2008-2012) of Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP). He has been a Visiting Scholar at several American Universities and in Fall 2013, he was Exchange Professor at University of Utah. His research interests include postcolonial literatures and among his co-edited volumes is Focus India: Postcolonial Narratives of the Nation (2007, Pencraft). He is also a translator and among his major publications is the English translation of an early 20th century Telugu classic Kanyasulkam (‘Bride Price’). He is a founder-editor of Muse India: the literary ejournal, and the Co-Director of the annual Hyderabad Literary Festival.

• Introduction

• SECTION 1

• Globalisation: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives
• 1. Vanishing Borders and the Visibility of Rights–Nicholas Hasluck
• 2. The Political Economy of Islamic Banking and Finance: A Faith-based Enterprise Growing in the Global Village–Ameer Ali
• 3. Globalisation and Economic Development in the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation Countries: Evidence from SAARC–M.A.B. Siddique
• 4. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: On Brotherhood and Flags
• A Writer/Doctor’s Reflections on “Vanishing Borders” in the Age of Globalism–Serge Liberman
• 5. Reconfiguring the Colonial Gaze: The Cross-Border Itineraries of Wilfred Burchett during the Vietnam War–Harish C. Mehta
• 6. The Local, the Global and the English Department–Mohan Ramanan
• 7. Educating Young Australians About Asia in an Age of Globalism–Rita Tognini
• 8. Moving Beyond Borders: Open Access Publishing in the Age of Globalism–Julia Gross

• SECTION 2

• Globalisation: Culture and Society
• 9. Vanishing Borders: Boundaries, Habitation and Transnation–Bill Ashcroft
• 10. Not Alone in the Diaspora: Reflections on South Asians in North America–Amritjit Singh
• 11. The Persistence and Creation of Internal Borders: Indians in Aotearoa/New Zealand–Dieter Riemenschneider
• 12. Sweet-Sour Pork and Boston Cream Pie: Chinese Immigrant Subversion and Citizenship in Judy Fong Bates’ Midnight at the Dragon Café–Julie Mehta
• 13. ‘Ethnonationalism’, ‘Strategic Essentialism’ and Aboriginal Identity Formation: Corroboree as Case Study–Arindam Das
• 14. Beyond Borders: Dalit and Australian Aboriginal Myths of Origin–K. Suneetha Rani
• 15. Fluid Borders and Continuous Displacement: Partition Stories from Talbagicha Kharagpur–Sharmistha De and Anjali Gera Roy

• SECTION 3

• Globalisation: Literary Insights
• 16. Negotiating the Local and the Global in Adib Khan’s Seasonal Adjustments–Jackie Highland
• 17. ‘International Regionalism’ in the Age of Globalisation–Glen Phillips
• 18. Glen Phillips’ Poetry and Kinsella’s Concept of ‘International Regionalism’: Western Australian Poets and Globalisation
• A Discussion–N. Bindu
• 19. ‘Representational Waste’: Refugees, Writing and Affect in this ‘Restless Epoch’–Tony Simoes da Silva
• 20. The ‘Poetics’ of Borders in Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies–Jane Fernandez
• 21. Travelling Cultures in Global Currents: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke–Prantik Banerjee
• 22. Global Models, Local Products: Advaita Kala and Indian Chick Lit–Parimala Kulkarni
• 23. An Insight into Facets of a Globalised India: Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger–Rano Ringo
• 24. Beyond Borders and Across Cultures: Writing Other People’s Stories–Pat Lowe
• Contributors