Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast

Matthew Hart, "Extraterritorial: A Political Geography of Contemporary Fiction" (Columbia UP, 2020)


Listen Later

Extraterritorial: A Political Geography of Contemporary Fiction (Columbia University Press, 2020) explores how texts—literary and visual—help us engage with the space that goes beyond the limits of visible geographical borders and legal regulations. By drawing attention to the loci that produce borderline experiences (detention camps, consulates, international waters), Matthew Hart guides his readers through experiences that ask to reconsider the ways in which geographical places and the implications they produce are perceived. The repercussions of the extraterritorial experiences may include transitional modes for constructing and re-discovering one’s identity. This opens up a broader dimension with which Extraterritorial: A Political Geography of Contemporary Fiction engages. With his book, Hart offers an acute intervention into how a text functions in a globalized community, which entails the reconsideration of how literature and art respond to the twenty-first-century transcultural shifts that are often marked with political anxieties.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Off the Page: A Columbia University Press PodcastBy New Books Network

  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3

3

2 ratings


More shows like Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast

View all
The Joe Rogan Experience by Joe Rogan

The Joe Rogan Experience

224,111 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,034 Listeners

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel by Esther Perel Global Media

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

14,789 Listeners

Why Theory by Why Theory

Why Theory

553 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,298 Listeners

Ordinary Unhappiness by Patrick & Abby

Ordinary Unhappiness

200 Listeners