New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005. Drawing together scholars of various cultural backgraounds, the volume focuses upon such themes as representation, nationalism, political resistance, globalisation and ideological scepticism. Ranging in focus from American postmodernism to Vietnamese poetry, from Cuban autobiography to Maoist theatre, and from African fiction to Soviet propaganda, this book will be of real interest to all those working in twentieth-century literary studies, cultural studies, history and politics.