{"product_id":"9798216447696","title":"Worlds of Comparative Literature The ACLA State of the Discipline Report","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWorlds of Comparative Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe ACLA State of the Discipline Report\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWaïl S. Hassan | Shu-mei Shih\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis open access collection of more than 40 essays from distinguished and up-and-coming scholars provides a definitive point of reference for the field of comparative literature globally in the 2020s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorlds of Comparative Literature,\u003c\/i\u003e the sixth incarnation of the ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) State of the Discipline Report, showcases the most up-to-date work of leading scholars in the field. With an editorial team made up of distinguished and authoritative voices, an international range of contributors, and a forward-thinking vision of current trends in scholarship, this is an invaluable snap shot of the field against a backdrop of constant change in the Humanities and higher education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganized around key concepts and paradigms, new directions and trends, global perspectives, and institutional representation, \u003ci\u003eWorlds of Comparative Literature\u003c\/i\u003e offers a broad range of coverage on new developments – such as Global South studies, Indigenous studies, and medical humanities – and reflects the current place of comparative literature at universities and colleges. The volume features essays by 10 past presidents of the ACLA and the ADPCL (Association of Departments and Programs of Comparative Literature) and 3 past presidents of the ICLA (International Comparative Literature Association). It also moves away from a US-centered approach, with global perspectives making up more than a third of the volume and contributors based in countries such as Argentina, China, Denmark, India, New Zealand, Qatar, and the UK. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, and University of California, Los Angeles, USA.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaïl S. Hassan \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor and Head of the Department of Comparative \u0026amp; World Literature at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. His publications include \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Narratives: Orientalism and Cultural Translation in Arab American and Arab British Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and \u003ci\u003eArab Brazil: Fictions of Ternary Orientalism\u003c\/i\u003e (2024).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShu-mei Shih\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Comparative Literature, Asian Languages and Cultures, and Asian American Studies, and the Irving and Jean Stone Chair in Humanities at University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Lure of the Modern: Writing Modernism in Semicolonial China, 1917-1937\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eVisuality and Identity: Sinophone Articulations across the Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eAgainst Diaspora: Discourse on Sinophone Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216447696\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e448\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378319130764,"sku":"9798216447696","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9afaa749-ceac-4d7f-864f-bcdb5fc98afb.jpg?v=1783908507","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216447696","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}