Postcolonialism : A Guide for the Perplexed

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nayar, Pramod K.

Series:

Guides for the Perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries--Literatures--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Postcolonialism.

Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.

Wodehouse, P. G.

Local Subjects:

Developing countries--Literatures--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum International Publishing, 2010.

Summary:

Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980's. The term is heavily loaded and has come to mean a wide, and often bewildering, variety of approaches, methods, politics and ideas. Beginning with the historical origins of postcolonial thought in the writings of Gandhi, Cesaire and Fanon, this guide moves on to Edward Said's articulation into a critical approach and finally to postcolonialism's multiple forms in contemporary critical thinking, including theorists such as Bhabha, Spivak, Arif Dirlik and Aijaz Ahmed.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction: Postcolonial Thought; Chapter Two: Colonial Cultures; Chapter Three: Nation and Nationalism; Chapter Four: Gender and Sexuality; Chapter Five: Space and Place; Chapter Six: Cosmopolitanisms; Chapter Seven: New Concerns for the Postcolonial; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612912542

9781282912540

1282912542

9781441138514

144113851X

OCLC:

690162716