Necessary Travel : New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective.
Hodgett, Susan.
Necessary Travel : New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (205 pages)
Cover -- Necessary Travel -- Necessary Travel: New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I: OVERVIEW -- 1 -- Introduction -- Contents -- Notes -- References -- II: NEW AREA STUDIES AROUND THE GLOBE -- 2 -- New Area Studies in the Borderlands of Asia -- New Areas Do Not Make New Area Studies The 'Zomia' Debate -- Working In The Borderlands Of Asia -- Is the Notion of Area Really the Problem that NAS Needs to Address? -- TransformING TAS into NAS in the borderlands of Asia -- Notes -- References -- 3 -- Sovietology's Afterlife -- A Context for Regeneration -- The New Media Environment -- New Agendas, New Paradigms -- The Value of Comparison -- The Centrality of Language -- Notes -- References -- 4 -- Refugee Studies as Area Studies -- Note -- References -- 5 -- Latin American Studies -- Latin American Studies -- A Little History, Criticism and Challenges -- Latin American Studies -- in the Context of NAS -- Recommendations -- Final Comments -- Notes -- References -- 6 -- Mastering the Current -- What is Central Asian Studies? -- Constructing Central Asia -- Central Asia as a Set of Mobile Societies -- The Development of Central Asia -- New Area Studies and Central Asia -- References -- 7 -- Muslim World Studies or Middle East Studies? -- Regions and Names -- area studies and the International Arena -- The Case of the Middle East and Islamic World -- Islamic Studies as Religious Studies -- 9/11, 7/7 and Area Studies -- From Middle East to Muslim World Studies -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- 8 -- Blurring the Boundaries of History and Fiction -- Blurring the Boundaries of History, Fiction and the Truth -- The Seizure of Mecca -- A Turning Point For Women? -- Negotiating History, Gender and Religion in Fragmentation. Gender Roles and Female Identity Formation and Reformation -- Re-appropriating Religion -- Tolerance versus Intolerance -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- III: CANADA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 9 -- TransArea Studies -- The Difference Space Makes Gendered Mobility and New Area Studies -- Unruly Women Trangressing the Norms of Space, Gender, and Genre in North America Literature -- TransArea Studies -- Notes -- References -- 10 -- Area and Circus Studies -- The Case of and for Québec Studies -- The Case of and for Québec Circus Studies -- Cirque -- More Than Circus -- Notes -- References -- 11 -- Image, Figurations of the Border -- Figurations of the border -- The border as bureaucratic run-around -- The Border as Dialectical Image -- Borders are fiction, until they are not -- The Everywhere Border Renaissance of Border Studies -- The Institutionally Deep Border: A Dispositif -- When the Dispositif Fails, It Tries Again -- New Ways to See the Border -- Conclusion -- The Border as a Making -- References -- 12 -- The State Against Canadian Studies -- Origins of Canadian Studies within Canada -- Critiques of Canadian Studies -- Celebratory Malaise -- Canadian Studies at the International Level -- References -- IV: REFLECTIONS ON NEW AREA STUDIES -- 13 -- What Have We Learned? -- Dimensions of New Area Studies -- Future Research -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This book explores New Area Studies in the twenty-first century. It addresses a blurring of genres between the social sciences and the humanities; expanding methodological innovation, reflective practice and co-production of knowledge with local people. It marks the significance of the local to the global in an increasingly complex world.
9781498545150
Humanities-Research.
Electronic books.
D16.25 .N434 2018
Necessary Travel : New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (205 pages)
Cover -- Necessary Travel -- Necessary Travel: New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I: OVERVIEW -- 1 -- Introduction -- Contents -- Notes -- References -- II: NEW AREA STUDIES AROUND THE GLOBE -- 2 -- New Area Studies in the Borderlands of Asia -- New Areas Do Not Make New Area Studies The 'Zomia' Debate -- Working In The Borderlands Of Asia -- Is the Notion of Area Really the Problem that NAS Needs to Address? -- TransformING TAS into NAS in the borderlands of Asia -- Notes -- References -- 3 -- Sovietology's Afterlife -- A Context for Regeneration -- The New Media Environment -- New Agendas, New Paradigms -- The Value of Comparison -- The Centrality of Language -- Notes -- References -- 4 -- Refugee Studies as Area Studies -- Note -- References -- 5 -- Latin American Studies -- Latin American Studies -- A Little History, Criticism and Challenges -- Latin American Studies -- in the Context of NAS -- Recommendations -- Final Comments -- Notes -- References -- 6 -- Mastering the Current -- What is Central Asian Studies? -- Constructing Central Asia -- Central Asia as a Set of Mobile Societies -- The Development of Central Asia -- New Area Studies and Central Asia -- References -- 7 -- Muslim World Studies or Middle East Studies? -- Regions and Names -- area studies and the International Arena -- The Case of the Middle East and Islamic World -- Islamic Studies as Religious Studies -- 9/11, 7/7 and Area Studies -- From Middle East to Muslim World Studies -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- 8 -- Blurring the Boundaries of History and Fiction -- Blurring the Boundaries of History, Fiction and the Truth -- The Seizure of Mecca -- A Turning Point For Women? -- Negotiating History, Gender and Religion in Fragmentation. Gender Roles and Female Identity Formation and Reformation -- Re-appropriating Religion -- Tolerance versus Intolerance -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- III: CANADA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- 9 -- TransArea Studies -- The Difference Space Makes Gendered Mobility and New Area Studies -- Unruly Women Trangressing the Norms of Space, Gender, and Genre in North America Literature -- TransArea Studies -- Notes -- References -- 10 -- Area and Circus Studies -- The Case of and for Québec Studies -- The Case of and for Québec Circus Studies -- Cirque -- More Than Circus -- Notes -- References -- 11 -- Image, Figurations of the Border -- Figurations of the border -- The border as bureaucratic run-around -- The Border as Dialectical Image -- Borders are fiction, until they are not -- The Everywhere Border Renaissance of Border Studies -- The Institutionally Deep Border: A Dispositif -- When the Dispositif Fails, It Tries Again -- New Ways to See the Border -- Conclusion -- The Border as a Making -- References -- 12 -- The State Against Canadian Studies -- Origins of Canadian Studies within Canada -- Critiques of Canadian Studies -- Celebratory Malaise -- Canadian Studies at the International Level -- References -- IV: REFLECTIONS ON NEW AREA STUDIES -- 13 -- What Have We Learned? -- Dimensions of New Area Studies -- Future Research -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This book explores New Area Studies in the twenty-first century. It addresses a blurring of genres between the social sciences and the humanities; expanding methodological innovation, reflective practice and co-production of knowledge with local people. It marks the significance of the local to the global in an increasingly complex world.
9781498545150
Humanities-Research.
Electronic books.
D16.25 .N434 2018