M J Ernst
Biographic Data
| ID | 53365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M J Ernst |
| GIVEN NAMES | M J |
| FAMILY NAME | Ernst |
| SIGNATURE | ERNST M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Road to Lotus
Over the last decade, a hitherto forgotten literary magazine, Lotus: Afro-Asian Writings (1968–1991), has become an object of ever-greater scholarly attention. Indeed, whether seen as an instantiation of the Third World project in literature, a pre-history of postcolonial studies, or a distinct vision for world literature, Lotus offers a fresh perspective on many old questions. Before the magazine could be launched, however, many practical questi…
Global 1968 in Egypt
This article reads Raḍwā ʿĀshūr’s novel Farag as an afterlife of the global anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist political culture of 1968. I argue that Farag entangles post-1968 Egypt and France from a position of decentered interlocality, which places the histories of Egypt’s 1970s student movement and France’s Third-World-Marxist left in critical dialogue. At a time when the Egyptian left was paralyzed by state co-optation, the political awakenin…
Orphanhood and allegoresis in Raḍwā ʿĀshūr’s Granada Trilogy
Challenging Fredric Jameson’s vision of Third-World literature as national allegory in the shadow of globalization, this article reads Raḍwā ʿĀshūr’s 1990s Thulāthiyyat Gharnāṭah (Granada Trilogy) as a late capitalist allegory of the global South. In the Trilogy, ʿĀshūr places the plight of Castilian Granada’s occupied Arab-Muslim population in dialogue with the experiences of enslaved Andalusians and Native American victims of settler colonial v…
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Orphanhood and allegoresis in Raḍwā ʿĀshūr’s Granada Trilogy
Challenging Fredric Jameson’s vision of Third-World literature as national allegory in the shadow of globalization, this article reads Raḍwā ʿĀshūr’s 1990s Thulāthiyyat Gharnāṭah (Granada Trilogy) as a late capitalist allegory of the global South. In the Trilogy, ʿĀshūr places the plight of Castilian Granada’s occupied Arab-Muslim population in dialogue with the experiences of enslaved Andalusians and Native American victims of settler colonial v…
Global 1968 in Egypt
This article reads Raḍwā ʿĀshūr’s novel Farag as an afterlife of the global anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist political culture of 1968. I argue that Farag entangles post-1968 Egypt and France from a position of decentered interlocality, which places the histories of Egypt’s 1970s student movement and France’s Third-World-Marxist left in critical dialogue. At a time when the Egyptian left was paralyzed by state co-optation, the political awakenin…
The Road to Lotus
Over the last decade, a hitherto forgotten literary magazine, Lotus: Afro-Asian Writings (1968–1991), has become an object of ever-greater scholarly attention. Indeed, whether seen as an instantiation of the Third World project in literature, a pre-history of postcolonial studies, or a distinct vision for world literature, Lotus offers a fresh perspective on many old questions. Before the magazine could be launched, however, many practical questi…
History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work)