Necessary Travel: New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective
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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 MakesGendered Mobility and New Area Studies Unruly WomenTrangressing 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 BorderRenaissance 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
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