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Postcolonialism : a guide for the perplexed /

Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980s. The term is heavily loaded and has come to mean a wide, and often bewildering, variety of approaches, methods, politics and ideas. Beginning with the historical origins of p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nayar, Pramod K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Colección:Guides for the perplexed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980s. The term is heavily loaded and has come to mean a wide, and often bewildering, variety of approaches, methods, politics and ideas. Beginning with the historical origins of postcolonial thought in the writings of Gandhi, Cesaire and Fanon, this guide moves on to Edward Said's articulation into a critical approach and finally to postcolonialism's multiple forms in contemporary critical thinking, including theorists such as Bhabha, Spivak, Arif Dirlik and Aijaz Ahmed. Wri.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441138514
144113851X
1282912542
9781282912540