Cultures are not – and never have been – immutable, hermetically sealed entities. The sixteen essays, by an array of scholars from different countries, assembled by Aristi Trendel and Indra Karapetjana, make a valuable contribution to contemporary discussions of culture as dynamic, transnational, and translingual. To the parochialism and provincialism of disciplinary complacency, Transculturality offers a tonic transgression.

Steven G. Kellman, author, The Translingual Imagination and Nimble Tongues: Studies in Literary Translingualism

Gathering an international array of scholars of American and world literature, translation, film, new media, and memory studies, Transcultural Perspectives in Literature, Language, Art and Politics exemplifies the vital critical conversations we need to be having in the 21st century. Alert to the perils of global military conflicts, the rise of right-wing nationalism, and the world refugee crisis, this volume is dedicated to the intellectually bracing and ethically invigorating proposition that no culture is closed or univocal. Smart, capably edited, theoretically incisive, and peppered with compelling case studies, the volume is a model of open and engaged transdisciplinary inquiry.

Arthur Redding, York University

Transcultural Perspectives in Literature, Language, Art, and Politics provides a comprehensive pathway into transcultural multiplicity of the contemporary globalized world, covering both historical retrospection, topicalities, and highlighting the dynamics of development. Separated into five key sections – literature, translation and linguistics, cinema, communication, and politics – the volume constitutes an extensive and profound paradigm of analysis that reveals the dynamics of cultural and social processes in the modern world. It covers a wide and diverse spectrum of languages, regions and nations, from the Caribbean islands to the shores of the Baltics and beyond. Fourty-four outstanding contributors in sixteen chapters offers excellent insight into the current affairs of the field, combining theoretical issues and fascinating case studies.

Ojars Lams, Dr.philol., literary scholar, classicist and translator, professor of comparative literature at University of Latvia.