Document Type
Review Essay
Abstract
[First paragraph]
few of the things we have fought against in cultural studies include the erroneous perceptions that the forces associated with globalization are 1) benefiting the world's peoples and 2) producing a homogeneous "global culture." Against this, we have proffered endless texts documenting the sufferings of the world's peoples and critiquing the underlying assumptions regarding U.S. and Western hegemony as well as more hopeful tracts charting a more equitable future as an alternative to crushing regimes of neo-liberalism. In this, we have been joined by countless activists as well as others in women's studies, Latino/a studies, international relations and so on -- a regular deluge of critical writings that, in a more equitable world, would have already precipitated the revolution. Despite some victories, however, the forces of neo-liberalism remain rampant.
Repository Citation
Collins, Samuel G.. "One-Way Street in a Global City: Don DeLillo and the Lugubrious Boredom of the New Economy." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 5, no. 1, 2025, pp. 1–8. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol5/iss1/8
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Comments
Essay reviewing Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis, 2003.