Literature for our times : postcolonial studies in the twenty-first century / edited by Bill Ashcroft ... [and others] ; introduction by Bill Ashcroft.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ashcroft, Bill, 1946-

Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

Series:

Cross/cultures ; 145.

Cross/cultures : readings in postcolonial literature and cultures in English, 0924-1426 ; 145

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism in literature.

Literature, Modern--21st century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 665 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2012.

Summary:

When they called for papers, the editors posed questions, including the following: "Is literature a force for reconciliation and cross-cultural understanding or only an instrument for aesthetic pleasure of the privileged?" This volume contains a variety of responsive discourse--a selection of papers presented at the 14th international Triennial conference of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (Vancouver, Canada, August 2007). One of the four editors, Bill Ashcroft (U. of New South Wales, Australia) provides an introductory essay, which is followed by about 35 essays arranged under the themes of conceptual and methodological issues; imperial scholarship, race, and ethnicity; literatures of diaspora and migrancy; gendered bodies; indigenous literatures; Dalit literature and its criticism; the city; and terrorism, trauma, and loss. The other three editors are affiliated as follows: Ranjini Mendis (English, Kwantlen Polytechnic U., Canada); Julie McGonegal (English, Laurentian U., Canada); and Arun Mukherjee, author of numerous books and translator of Dalit writers. Price is converted from euros. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The idea of (postcolonial) literature: conceptual and methodological issues

After Said: imperial scholarship, race, and ethnicity

Translations and transformations

Literatures of diaspora and migrancy

Gendered bodies

Indigenous literatures, literatures of the land: an ethos for these times

Dalit literature and its criticism

The city

Terrorism, trauma, loss.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9789042034532

904203453X

OCLC:

780332061