Historical Companion To Postcolonial Literatures In English
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Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in English
Author | : Poddar Prem Poddar |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2019-08-07 |
Genre | : History, Modern |
ISBN | : 9781474471718 |
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This is the first reference guide to the political, cultural and economic histories that form the subject-matter of postcolonial literatures written in English.The focus of the Companion is principally on the histories of postcolonial literatures in the Anglophone world - Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean and Canada. There are also long entries discussing the literatures and histories of those further areas that have also claimed the title 'postcolonial', notably Britain, East Asia, Ireland, Latin America and the United States. The Companion contains:*220 entries written by 150 acknowledged scholars of postcolonial history and literature;*covers major events, ideas, movements, and figures in postcolonial histories*long regional survey essays on historiography and women's histories. Each entry provides a summary of the historical event or topic and bibliographies of postcolonial literary works and histories. Extensive cross-references and indexes enable readers to locate particular literary texts in their relevant historical contexts, as well as to discover related literary texts and histories in other regions with ease.
A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures in English
Author | : Prem Poddar |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : 0748618554 |
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The majority of the entries focus on the period after the end of colonial rule in Britain's Empire, but as many postcolonial literary works re-visit the period of colonial rule, the Companion includes entries on certain events from this earlier period too.
Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures Continental Europe and its Empires
Author | : Prem Poddar |
Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2011-09-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780748650972 |
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The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, G
A Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures
Author | : Prem Poddar,Rajeev Shridhar Patke,Lars Jensen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 633 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Literature |
ISBN | : OCLC:1310736290 |
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Postcolonial Literatures in English
Author | : Anke Bartels,Lars Eckstein,Nicole Waller,Dirk Wiemann |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2019-04-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9783476055989 |
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The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.
Empire and After
Author | : Graham MacPhee,Prem Poddar |
Publsiher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1845453204 |
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Ranging from analyses of contemporary culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric and postimperial memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being parochial and self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity.
A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature
Author | : Shirley Chew,David Richards |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2013-12-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781118836002 |
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Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, this concise companion is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of postcolonial literature and culture. An indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of Postcolonialism, bringing together 10 original essays from leading international scholars including C. L. Innes and Susan Bassnett Explains the ideas and practises that emerged from the dismantling of European empires Explores the ways in which these ideas and practices influenced the period's keynote concerns, such as race, culture, and identity; literary and cultural translations; and the politics of resistance Chapters cover the fields of identity studies, orality and literacy, nationalisms, feminism, anthropology and cultural criticism, the politics of rewriting, new geographies, publishing and marketing, translation studies. Features a useful Chronology of the period, thorough general bibliography, and guides to further reading
Postcolonial Literatures in English
Author | : Tobias Döring |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Colonies in literature |
ISBN | : 3129395598 |
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