Necessary Travel: New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective

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Necessary Travel
Necessary Travel: New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective
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Acknowledgments
I: OVERVIEW
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	Introduction
		Contents
		Notes
		References
II: NEW AREA STUDIES AROUND THE GLOBE
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	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
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	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
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	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
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	What Have We Learned?
		Dimensions of New Area Studies
		Future Research
		Final Thoughts
		Notes
		References
	Index
	About the Contributors