Post-colonial transformation / Bill Ashcroft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashcroft, Bill, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism.

Decolonization.

Social change.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control.The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, Post-Colonial Transformation:* demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been* investigates political and literary resistance* examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place* offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habita

Contents:

Cover; Post-Colonial Transformation; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Resistance; 2 Interpolation; 3 Language; 4 History; 5 Allegory; 6 Place; 7 Habitation; 8 Horizon; 9 Globalization; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-55695-0

1-280-32921-1

0-203-17120-9

0-203-12981-4

1-134-55696-9

9780203129814

OCLC:

145386877