1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. 1. Introduction 9
5. 2. Globalization and Its Effects 15
6. 3. Global Cities as Cultural Nodal Points 27
7. 4. Cultural Diversity in a Globalizing Age 37
8. 5. The Poetics of diverCity 57
9. 6. Dionne Brand’s Toronto, What We All Long For 79
10. 7. Chang-rae Lee’s New York, Native Speaker 123
11. 8. Karen Tei Yamashita’s Los Angeles, Tropic of Orange 165
12. 9. Conclusion 205
13. Works Cited 211