The Force of Tradition: Response and Resistance in Literature, Religion, and Cultural Studies
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How do we stand in relation to everything that comes down to us from the past? Is the very idea of tradition still useful in the wake of historical ruptures, such as the Holocaust, changes in the canon, and the end of colonialism? The concept of tradition has gained renewed importance in recent cultural studies. Suspicion of tradition as culturally narrow and oppressive is a persistent theme of modernity and has increased lately with the resurgence...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0742541622
ISBN13:9780742541627
Release Date:August 2005
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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