Professing the common wealth of literature, Leeds 1957–1969
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9002181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gail Low (0000-0002-5004-3549, University of Dundee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 267-281 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Commonwealth Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9894 • E-ISSN: 1741-6442 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0021989415589356 |
| OpenAlex | W2162435267 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
Drawing on the work of Simon Gikandi and Peter Kalliney, this article addresses the imbrication of cultural diplomacy, language and politics, and cultural capital that facilitated the rise of Commonwealth Literature at the University of Leeds. It offers a brief account of the disciplinary gestation of “Commonwealth Literature” at Leeds, addressing some of the foundational arguments in this campaign; revisits the Leeds conference of 1964 and the aid it garnered from governmental agencies; and examines the cultural work that the field is made to perform in documentation and lectures. The paper also addresses the creation of The Journal of Commonwealth Literature in the light of the Arthur Ravenscroft papers at the University of Leeds, sieving the surviving papers for interventions on the spread of English language and literary studies, and the cultural capital that they are said to help cultivate
Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Commonwealth · Cultural capital · Diplomacy · Discipline · Documentation · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Public Administration
The development of Creole society in Jamaica, 1770-1820.
Creating Postcolonial Literature
The Postcolonial Exotic
The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language
Postcolonial Writers in the Global Literary Marketplace
The field of cultural production
Cultural Capital
The field of Cultural Production
The Origins
Captives of Empire
Finding the Centre?” Publishing Commonwealth Writing in London
Globalization and the Claims of Postcoloniality
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |