| Postcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed New Rev Edition Contributor(s): Nayar, Pramod K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826400469 ISBN-13: 9780826400468 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010000465 |
| Series: Guides for the Perplexed |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980s. The term is heavily loaded and has come to mean a wide, and often bewildering, variety of approaches, methods, politics and ideas. Beginning with the historical origins of postcolonial thought in the writings of Gandhi, Cesaire and Fanon, this guide moves on to Edward Said's articulation into a critical approach and finally to postcolonialism's multiple forms in contemporary critical thinking, including theorists such as Bhabha, Spivak, Arif Dirlik and Aijaz Ahmed. Written in jargon-free language and illustrated with examples from literary and cultural texts, this book addresses the many concerns, forms and 'specializations' of postcolonialism, including gender and sexuality studies, the nations and nationalism, space and place, history and politics. It explains the key ideas, concepts and approaches in what is arguably the most influential and politically edged critical approach in literary and cultural theory today |
Contributor Bio(s): Nayar, Pramod K.: - Pramod K. Nayar is Assistant Professor in English at the University of Hyderabad, India. His most recent books include Packaging Life: Cultures of the Everyday (Sage 2009), Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction (Pearson, 2008), A Short History of English Literature (Cambridge, India, 2000) and English Writing and India, 1600-1920 (Routledge, 2008). |