Postcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)

Nayar, Pramod K.

ISBN 10: 0826400469 / ISBN 13: 9780826400468

Editore: Continuum, 2010

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Riassunto:

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

Informazioni sugli autori: 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).

Pramod K. Nayar is Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, University of Hyderabad India. His recent publications Include An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures [Wiley-Blackwell, 2010], Postcolonial Literature An Introduction [Pearson-Longman, 2008] and English Writing and India, 1600-1920: Colonizing Aesthetics [Routledge, 2008]

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Titolo: Postcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed (...
Casa editrice: Continuum
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good