Writing postcolonial history / Rochona Majumdar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majumdar, Rochona.

Series:

Writing history

Writing history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--History.

Postcolonialism.

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

History.

Postcolonialism--Study and teaching.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

172 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2010]

Summary:

Writing Postcolonial History is the first book to analyse the impact of postcolonial theory on history writing. It introduces readers to the political and cultural contexts under which this mode of history first arose in the Anglophone world.

The book covers an array of historical writings ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary empires, from settler colonialism to issues of race, gender and migration. Rochona Majumdar focuses throughout on the practical application of postcolonial theory in historical writing, providing easy-to-understand examples from different historiographical and regional contexts. Key concepts such as the idea of 'provincializing Europe' are analysed, as well as the impact made by the Subaltern Studies collective.

Drawing on case studies from around the globe, this book is an engaging and insightful introduction to the writing of postcolonial history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Postcolonialism, decolonization and globalization

Subaltern studies in postcolonial history

The idea of provincializing Europe

Postcolonial medieval history

Empire and postcolonial history

Postcolonial history and settler contexts

Postcolonial and gender histories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index.

ISBN:

9780340949993

0340949996

9781849660266

1849660263

9781849663359

1849663351

OCLC:

725939138