This book consists of essays based on papers presented at the fifth International conference of the Association for the study of Australasia in Asia (ASAA) organised in collaboration with Osmania University Centre for Internatioal Programmes(OUCIP), Hyderabad in Dec 2011. It offers wide-ranging perspectives on the Complex phenomenon of Globalisation which is explored from a variety of standpoints by contributors drawn from different countries. As the contributors are also positioned within different pedagogical and experiential framework, their studies offer a multiplicity of insights into the impact of globalisation and its varyying ramifications across different academic fields, geographic regions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cynthia vanden Driesen
Cynthia vanden Driesen was born and educated in Sri Lanka and completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Western Asutralia. She has taught at universities in Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Korea and Australia where she is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of International Community and Cultural Studies at Edith Cowan University. Her books include The Novels of R.K. Narayan (1986); an anthology of Australian Literature for Korean Readers, trans. Choi Jin Yong (1995); Centering the Margins: Perspectives on Literatures in English from India, Africa (1995); Celebrations: Fifty Years of Sri Lanka-Australia Interaction, ed. with lan vanden Driesen (2000); New Directions in Australian Studies, ed. with Adrian Mitchell (2000); Asian-Australian Encounters, ed. with Satendra Nandan (2002). She is currently working on a book exploring selected works of Patrick White as postcolonial texts.
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