Shifting Grounds

Cultural Tectonics along the Pacific Rim

edited by Jutta Ernst and Brigitte Johanna Glaser

Book cover: Shifting Grounds

Extent: 280 pages

Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Anglistische Forschungen

Series volume number: 461

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2020)

ISBN: 9783825364496

6.5 x 9.65 inches

Price: $54.00

Out of stock

Geological in origin, ‘Pacific Rim’ refers to a zone of high tectonic stresses along the margins of the Pacific Ocean, thus conceptually tying together the Americas, the islands of the South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand as well as Southeast and Northeast Asia. The term gained wider currency in the 1970s, when the political and economic situation of the United States necessitated a strategic reorientation in terms of spatial imaginaries and, concomitantly, the coinage of a new transnational discourse. While the notion of the Pacific Rim has seeped from the realms of politics, business, and trade into cultural studies, scholars increasingly challenge its logic of linkage along borders and develop alternative conceptions favouring, for instance, an archipelagic approach. The volume contributes to the current debate by offering expert geohistorical and theoretical discussions plus in-depth analyses of cultural products including photography, film, TV, music, and literature.

  • Edited by Jutta Ernst
  • Edited by Brigitte Johanna Glaser