@article{806161,
      recid = {806161},
      author = {Mufti, Aamir,},
      title = {Forget English! : Orientalisms and world literatures /},
      pages = {xii, 292 pages ;},
      abstract = {"In recent years, the idea of world literature has become  nearly hegemonic in the so-called First World or Global  North. It now underlies a range of literary practices  including literature festivals, prizes, and competitions,  reviewing, editing and publishing, academic research and  writing, teaching, and the very writing of certain kinds of  literature itself. At the center of the possibility of  world literature is the rise of English to global  dominance, both as global literary vernacular and as the  undisputed language of global capitalism. Forget English!  critically examines the claims of "world literature" and  makes a case for a better understanding of, first, how  English has come into literary preeminence worldwide and,  second, the effects of this rise on non-European languages  as media of literary expression. This is the first serious  work to challenge the claims and pieties of world  literature from the perspective of the societies,  languages, and literatures of the Global South"--Provided  by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/806161},
}