Meaning of the Local Machine Builders Queer and Feminist Theories of

Queer and Feminist Theories of Narrative heeds the original call of feminist narratologists for the consideration of a broader and larger corpus of material

These factors have combined to create a powerful nation-state which has never allowed itself to take its sovereign status for grantedSingapore's Foreign Policyis the first full-length English-language study of this subject and is an essential resource for all those interested in Singapore's international role

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Meaning of the Local Machine Builders Queer and Feminist Theories ofBy zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers in this volume redress a recurrent asymmetry in contemporary debates about globalisation. In much literature, the global is associated with transnationalism, dynamism and activity, and the local with static identities and history. Focusing on a range of locales in India's metropolitan areas and provincial small towns, the