| Beyond Postcolonial Theory 1997 Edition Contributor(s): Na, Na (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312174268 ISBN-13: 9780312174262 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: Opposing the orthodoxies of establishment postcolonialism, "Beyond Postcolonial Theory "posits acts of resistance and subversion by people of color as central to the unfolding dialogue with Western hegemony. The testimonies and signifying practices of Rigoberta Menchu, C.L.R. James, various "minority" writers in the United States, and intellectuals from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are counterposed against the dogmas of contingency, borderland nomadism, panethnicity, and the ideology of identity politics and transcultural postmodern pastiche. Reappropriating ideas from Gramsci, Bakhtin, Althusser, Freire, and others in the radical democratic tradition, San Juan deploys them to recover the memory of national liberation struggles (Fanon, Cabral, Che Guevara) on the face of the triumphal march of globalized capitalism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 909.097 |
| LCCN: 97-19890 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5.78" W x 8.6" (1.10 lbs) 325 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Pacific Rim |
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| Publisher Description: Opposing the orthodoxies of establishment postcolonialism, Beyond Postcolonial Theory posits acts of resistance and subversion by people of color as central to the unfolding dialogue with Western hegemony. The testimonies and signifying practices of Rigoberta Menchu, C.L.R. James, various "minority" writers in the United States, and intellectuals from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are counterposed against the dogmas of contingency, borderland nomadism, panethnicity, and the ideology of identity politics and transcultural postmodern pastiche. Reappropriating ideas from Gramsci, Bakhtin, Althusser, Freire, and others in the radical democratic tradition, San Juan deploys them to recover the memory of national liberation struggles (Fanon, Cabral, Che Guevara) on the face of the triumphal march of globalized capitalism. |