Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and index.
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Introduction : Postcolonializing -- Instrumental and synoptic dimensions of interdisciplinarity -- Postcolonial historiography and the problem of local knowledge -- Literature as a politically symbolic act -- Feminism, postcolonialism and the contradictory orders of modernity -- Postcolonialism and postmodernism -- Parables from the canon : Postcolonializing Shakespeare.
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"This new book provides a critical introduction to the rapidly expanding field of postcolonial studies. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the author draws on literary criticism, philosophy, anthropology, history and politics to develop a distinctive account of postcolonialism." "Quayson discusses key debates in the field, including the implications of various forms of interdisciplinarity for postcolonial studies, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and contemporary historiography, the links between postmodernism and postcolonialism and the insights of feminism for postcolonial theory." "This book will be essential reading for students of literature, history, anthropology and cultural studies, as well as all those concerned with debates about postcolonial theory and its political functions."--Jacket.
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Englisch, ...
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Commonwealth
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Commonwealth literature (English)-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
English literature-- Developing countries-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
English literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
Postcolonialism-- English-speaking countries.
Postcolonialism in literature.
17.90 literature in relation with other areas of science and culture.