| A New World Order: Essays Contributor(s): Phillips, Caryl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375714030 ISBN-13: 9780375714030 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2002 Annotation: The Africa of his ancestry, the Caribbean of his birth, the Britain of his upbringing, and the United States where he now lives are the focal points of award-winning writer Caryl Phillips' profound inquiry into evolving notions of home, identity, and belonging in an increasingly international society. At once deeply reflective and coolly prescient, A New World Order" charts the psychological frontiers of our ever-changing world. Through personal and literary encounters, Phillips probes the meaning of cultural dislocation, measuring the distinguishing features of our identities-geographic, racial, national, religious-against the amalgamating effects of globalization. In the work of writers such as V. S. Naipaul, James Baldwin, and Zadie Smith, cultural figures such as Steven Spielberg, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Marvin Gaye, and in his own experiences, Phillips detects the erosion of cultural boundaries and amasses startling and poignant insights on whether there can be an answer anymore to the question "Where are you from?" The result is an illuminating-and powerfully relevant-account of identity from an exceedingly perceptive citizen of the world. Click for more in this series: Vintage International |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 824.914 |
| LCCN: 2002020104 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.28" W x 7.98" L (0.52 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
| Features: Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2002 pg. 315 Publishers Weekly 04/08/2002 pg. 221 Booklist 05/15/2002 pg. 1568 New York Review of Books 10/10/2002 pg. 33 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Africa of his ancestry, the Caribbean of his birth, the Britain of his upbringing, and the United States where he now lives are the focal points of award-winning writer Caryl Phillips' profound inquiry into evolving notions of home, identity, and belonging in an increasingly international society. At once deeply reflective and coolly prescient, A New World Order charts the psychological frontiers of our ever-changing world. Through personal and literary encounters, Phillips probes the meaning of cultural dislocation, measuring the distinguishing features of our identities-geographic, racial, national, religious-against the amalgamating effects of globalization. In the work of writers such as V. S. Naipaul, James Baldwin, and Zadie Smith, cultural figures such as Steven Spielberg, Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Marvin Gaye, and in his own experiences, Phillips detects the erosion of cultural boundaries and amasses startling and poignant insights on whether there can be an answer anymore to the question "Where are you from?" The result is an illuminating-and powerfully relevant-account of identity from an exceedingly perceptive citizen of the world. |
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