Poetics and politics of shame in postcolonial literature / edited by David Atwell, Annalisa Pes, and Susanna Zinato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Attwell, David, editor.

Pes, Annalisa, editor.

Zinato, Susanna, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge research in postcolonial literatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth countries--In literature.

Commonwealth countries.

Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism.

Commonwealth literature (English).

Postcolonialism in literature.

Shame in literature.

Literature and morals.

Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.

Postcolonialism.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Poetics and Politics of Shame in Postcolonial Literature provides a new and wide-ranging appraisal of shame in colonial and postcolonial literature in English. Bringing together young and established voices in postcolonial studies, these essays tackle shame and racism, shame and agency, shame and ethical recognition, the problem of shamelessness, the shame of willed forgetfulness. Linked by a common thread of reflections on shame and literary writing, the essays consider specifically whether the aesthetic and ethical capacities of literature enable a measure of stability or recuperation in the presence of shame's destructive potential. The obscenity of the in-human, both in the colonial setting and in aftermaths that show little sign of abating, entails the acute significance of shame as a subject for continuing and urgent critical attention." -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780367193102

0367193108

OCLC:

1083579685