Postcolonialism : a very short introduction / Robert J.C. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Robert, 1950- author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 98.

Very short introductions ; 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

xx, 174 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial thought has developed to engage with the impact of sometimes centuries of western political and cultural domination. Situating the discussion in a wide cultural and geographical context, he draws on examples such as the status of indigenous peoples, of those dispossessed from their land, Algerian rai music, and global social and ecological movements. In this new edition he also includes updated material on race, slavery, and postcolonial gender politics. Above all, Young argues that postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global inequality, which in a new way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past and enables us to decolonize our own lives in the present."--Amazon.ca.

Contents:

1 Subaltern knowledges p. 12

2 Colonialisms, decolonization, decoloniality p. 32

3 Slavery, race, caste p. 41

4 History and power, from below and above p. 49

5 Nomads, nation-states, borders p. 61

6 Hybridity p. 77

7 The ambivalence of the veil p. 91

8 Gender, queering, and feminism in a postcolonial context p. 103

9 Globalization from a postcolonial perspective p. 118

10 Ecology and indigeneity p. 129.

Notes:

"First edition published 2003"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198856832

0198856830

OCLC:

1202271098