Postcolonial theory : a critical introduction / Leela Gandhi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandhi, Leela, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--History.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A provocative and exemplary introduction to the field of postcolonial studies. Leela Gandhi surveys the entire field of postcolonial studies and outlines the connections beween postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism. She assesses the contribution of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha as well as highlighting postcolonialism's relationship to earlier thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Mahatma Gandhi. Both a useful starting point for new readers and an incisive account for lecturers, this book will open up debate still further.The first student book to map out the philosophical and intellectual context of postcolonial theoryExplains for students the work of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. After colonialism

2. Thinking otherwise: a brief intellectual history

3. Postcolonialism and the new humanities

4. Edward Said and his critics

5. Postocolonialism and feminism

6. Imagining Community: the question of nationalism

7. One world: the vision of postnationalism

8. Postcolonial literatures

9. The limits of postcolonial theory

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474468312

1474468314

9780585159072

0585159076

OCLC:

1306540283