Mapping MinorSmall and World Literatures Periphery and Center makes a declarative intervention in debates about world literature redefining the boundaries between the center and periphery to rejuvenate longestablished assumptions about significance and insignificance. In this book African American literature emerging from the often overlooked pink periphery a cramped space of minor literature works from the Faroe Islands Basque literature First Nation Canadian literature Western narratives about peripheral China Kurdish literature the ultraminor literary space of Antigua the ampamp39favelaampamp39 of Brazilian literature as well as the hyperlocal narratives of Australian and New Zealand literature are all studied for their meaningful role within the world literary system. Additionally workingclass writing and the literary contributions of individuals on the margins of their own societies are given a voice ensuring that the world literary space does not merely represent the perspectives of dominant elites.