Worlds apart? : a postcolonial reading of post-1945 East-Central European culture / by Cristina Sandru.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandru, Cristina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East European literature--20th century--History and criticism.

East European literature.

Postcolonialism--Europe, Eastern--History.

Postcolonialism.

Europe, Eastern--History--1945-.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

VIII, 310 s.

Other Title:

Postcolonial reading of post-1945 East-Central European culture

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explores the relation of the Eastern European problematic to postcolonial critical practice, interrogating the extent to which postcolonialism can help illuminate instances of imperial domination in non-Third World contexts. It argues that colonisation is to be understood principally as a condition of ideological domination that has engendered similar forms of literary and cultural resistance; consequently, it offers a comparative framework which enables a reading in differential c...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4438-4590-6

OCLC:

827209132