Other Asias

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In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. Major work from one of the world's most distinguished literary and cultural theorists Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia Featured essays include "Foucault and Najibullah," "Moving Devi," "Responsibility," and "Megacity" Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human…

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Full title :Other Asias / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

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Publication Date:2008

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Blackwell
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008

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Description:365 s

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ISBN:9781405102063, 1405102063, 9781405102070, 1405102071
oclc:ocn488262494
LC Classification:DS35
Dewey Decimal:950.4 29

Acknowledgments. Foreword. 1. Righting Wrongs -- 2002: Accessing Democracy amo the Aboriginals. 2. Responsibility -- 1992: Testing Theory in the Plains. 3. 1994: Will Postcolonialism Travel?. 4. 1996: Foucault and Najibullah. 5. Megacity -- 1997: Testing Theory in Cities. 6. Moving Devi -- 1997: The Non-Resident and the Expatriate. 7. Our Asias -- 2001: How to Be a Continentalist. Position without Identity -2004: An Interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak by Yan Hairong. Notes. Index

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Asia Asia -- Civilization Asia -- Politics and government Asie -- Civilisation Asie -- Politique et gouvernement Civilization Culture Politics and government Postkolonialisme Social change (sociology)