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Colonialism/postcolonialism / Ania Loomba.

Loomba, Ania. (Author).

Summary:

Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yetaccessible guide to the historical and theoretical dimensions of colonial andpostcolonial studies.Ania Loomba deftlyintroduces and examines; Key features of the ideologies and history ofcolonialism, the relationship of colonial discourse to literature, challengesto colonialism, including anticolonial discourses, recent developments inpostcolonial theories and histories, issues of sexuality and colonialism, andthe intersection of feminist and postcolonial thought, debates aboutglobalization and postcolonialism. Recommended on courses across the academicdisciplines and around the world, Colonialism/Postcolonialism has for someyears been accepted as the essential introduction to a vibrant and politicallycharged area of literary and cultural study.With new coverage of emerging debates around globalization, thissecond edition will continue to serve as the ideal guide for students new tocolonial discourse theory, postcolonial studies or postcolonial theory as wellas a reference for advanced students and teachers.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780415350648
  • Physical Description: 263 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 2nd ed.
  • Publisher: London ; Routledge, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Situating colonial and psotcolonial studies -- Defining the terms: colonialism, imperialism, neo-colonialism, psotcolonialism -- From colonialism to colonial discourse -- Colonial discourse -- Colonialism and knowledge -- Colonialism and literature -- Textuality, discourse and material processes -- Colonial and postcolonial identities -- Constructing racial and cultural difference -- Race, class, and colonialism -- Psychoanalysis and colonial subjects -- Gender, sexuality and colonial discourse -- Hybridity -- Challenging colonialism -- Nationalisms and pan-nationalisms -- Feminism, nationalism and postcolonialism -- Can the subaltern speak? -- Post-modernism and postcolonial studies -- Globalisation and the future of postcolonial studies.
Subject: Postcolonialism.

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