Colonial Temporality and Writing Education

Xiaoye You is Distinguished Professor of Foreign Languages at Gannan Normal University, China, and Liberal Arts Professor of English and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is an award-winning author and editor of eight books, including Writing in the Devil’s Tongue: A History of English Composition in China (2010) and Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy (2016), both published by Southern Illinois University Press.Othman Z. Barnawi is a Professor of Language and Education at the Royal Commission for Yanbu Colleges and Institutes, Saudi Arabia. He is the founding editor of the Routledge Global South Perspectives on TESOL book series and the author of TESOL and the Cult of Speed in the Age of Neoliberal Mobility (Routledge, 2020).

This insightful book examines how colonial and neoliberal temporal regimes – with a particular focus on China and Saudi Arabia – shape English writing education under the influence of the Global North. By revealing how time itself operates as a tool of power, the book is a valuable contribution to postcolonial theory, education and the sociology of time. A recommended read for students, educators, and scholars alike.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Coloniality of English Writing EducationChapter 2. Colonial and Neoliberal Temporalities in Higher EducationChapter 3. Studying Temporality in Decoloniality and GlobalizationChapter 4. Time in Institutional Discourses of English EducationChapter 5. Living the Educational Temporalities in Saudi UniversitiesChapter 6. Wrestling with Temporal Regimes in Chinese UniversitiesChapter 7. Teaching EFL Writing Otherwise: Cross-National DialoguesFutureword: Delinking and Relinking in a Multipolar WorldAppendix: Conversation GuidelinesReferencesIndex