Postcolonial literature and challenges for the new millennium / edited by Lucienne Loh, Malcolm Sen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loh, Lucienne, 1977- editor.

Sen, Malcolm, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism in literature--History--21st century.

Postcolonialism in literature.

History.

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

This volume brings together an international range of postcolonial scholars to explore four distinct themes which are inherently interconnected within the globalised landscape of the early 21st century: China, Islamic fundamentalism, civil war and environmentalism. Through close-reading a range of literary texts by writers drawn from across the globe, these essays seek to emphasise the importance of literary aesthetics in situating the theoretical underpinnings and political motivations of postcolonial studies in the new millennium. Colonial legacies, especially in terms of structuring exploitative capitalist relations between countries and regions are shown to persist in postcolonial nations in the form of 'global civil wars' and systemic environmental waste. Chinese authoritarianism and the Indian picturesque represent less familiar forms of neo-colonialism. These essays not only engage with established writers such as Salman Rushdie and Anita Desai; they also critically reflect on work by Nadeem Aslam, Mai Couto, Romesh Gunesekara, Bei Dao and Ma Jian. This book was originally published as a special issue of 'Textual Practice'.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781138998377

1138998370

OCLC:

935902368

Publisher Number:

99967145961