Postcolonialism: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Postcolonialism: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192801821

ISBN-10: 0192801821

ISBN-13: 9780192801821

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert J. C. Young, Robert J. C. Young

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Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial challenge to western dominance. This lively and innovative account of both the history and key debates of postcolonialism discusses its importance as an historical condition, and as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Key concepts and issues are considered, with reference to particular cultural and historical examples, such as the status of aboriginal people, cultural nomadism, Western feminism, the innovative fiction of Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie, and the postcolonial cities of London, Bombay and Cairo. The work of theorists such as Homi Bhabha,…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Acknowledgements


List of illustrations


Introduction: Montage



Subaltern knowledge



History and power, from below and above



Space and land



Hybridity



Postcolonial feminism



Globalization from a postcolonial perspective



Translation


References


Further reading


Index