Postcolonialism: a guide for the perplexed

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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 contemp…

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Full title :Postcolonialism : a guide for the perplexed / Pramod K. Nayar.

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Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

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Description:1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)

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ISBN:9781441138514, 144113851X, 1282912542, 9781282912540
oclc:ocn690162716
LC Classification:PN56.P555
Dewey Decimal:809/.933581

Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction: Postcolonial Thought; Chapter Two: Colonial Cultures; Chapter Three: Nation and Nationalism; Chapter Four: Gender and Sexuality; Chapter Five: Space and Place; Chapter Six: Cosmopolitanisms; Chapter Seven: New Concerns for the Postcolonial; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc developing countries Developing countries -- Literatures -- … Literary Criticism -- General Literature, Modern -- History and criti… Literaturtheorie Littérature -- Histoire et critique. --… Pays en voie de développement -- Littér… postcolonialism Postcolonialism in literature Postcolonialisme Postcolonialisme dans la littérature Postkoloniale Literatur Postkolonialismus TRAVEL -- Special Interest