Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts - Brossura

Ashcroft, Bill; Griffiths, Gareth; Tiffin, Helen

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ISBN 10: 1032805919 ISBN 13: 9781032805917

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2025

Riassunto

Now in its fourth edition, this popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize postcolonialism: explaining what it is, where it is encountered and the crucial part it plays in debates about race, gender, politics, language and identity.

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition contains more than 30 new entries, including:

• Anthropocene
• Biopolitics
• Decoloniality
• Ecocriticism
• Global South
• Postcolonial sciences
• Transnationalism.

With substantial updates to the further reading, Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts remains an essential guide for anyone studying this vibrant field.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Bill Ashcroft is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a renowned critic and theorist, founding exponent of postcolonial theory, and author of 21 books and over 200 articles and chapters. He is co-editor of The Postcolonial Studies Reader (with Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin); he is also co-author of The Empire Writes Back (also with Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin), the first text to offer a systematic examination of the field of postcolonial studies.

Gareth Griffiths is Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He is a pioneer in the field of postcolonial studies. He has also written extensively on African literatures and theatre. He has authored and edited 15 books and more than a hundred articles and chapters.

Helen Tiffin is Adjunct Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She has authored or edited 8 books and over 80 articles and chapters on postcolonial literatures, literary theory and animal and environmental subjects.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1032805919
• ISBN 13: 9781032805917
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 460
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania