Trade Protectionism to Bolster Postcolonial Literary Industries

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Abstract: This thesis explores the potential of trade protectionism tools, such as import tax, in creating more viable literary infrastructures for postcolonial countries. The compounding effects of colonization and their continuation within global capitalism has created a “one-way flow” of global communication and cultural products—which especially affects formerly colonized countries. What can be done in the realm of policy to ameliorate some of these effects, and to facilitate more agency for postcolonial countries to regain control over their own means of literary production? This thesis analyzes historical and current practices of literature’s import and export, with a focus on the case study of Malaysia, to identify areas where a policy intervention could be effective in increasing the production and distribution of local stories for local readers. It combines quantitative and qualitative methods to look for trade policy solutions that can enable better platforms for postcolonial literary voices that might otherwise go unnoticed, whether by the global market or by local readers within their own countries.

Author	Thong, Carmen
Thesis advisor	Algee-Hewitt, Mark
Advisor	Rosston, Greg
Degree granting institution	Stanford University
Department	Public Policy Program

Subject	Trade protectionism, tariff, tax, publishing, literary industry, postcolonial
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Humanities and Sciences
Subject	Public Policy Program
Genre	Text
Genre	Thesis

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/vz239pw2001
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vz239pw2001

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Preferred citation: Thong, C. (2024). Trade Protectionism to Bolster Postcolonial Literary Industries. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/vz239pw2001. https://doi.org/10.25740/vz239pw2001.

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