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Postcolonialism : my living / Arun Mukherjee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mukherjee, Arun, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.
- Literature, Modern.
- Literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Postcolonialism.
- Literature--Minority authors.
- Developing countries--Literatures--History and criticism.
- Developing countries.
- Genre:
- Literatures.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : TSAR, 1998.
- Summary:
- This works charts the author's intellectual journey during the last ten years as an academic teaching Postcolonial literature in a Canadian university. The essays critique the dominant models of Postcolonial theory that emerge from metropolitan centres and ignore the specifics of time and place. Arun Mukherjee tests these theories by applying them to her classroom experience of teaching authors such as Mulk Raj Anand, Dionne Brand, Anita Desai, Claire Harris, Bessie Head, Sky Lee and many others.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0920661750
- OCLC:
- 40396638
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