Cargando…
States of emergency : colonialism, literature and law /
States of Emergency examines how violent anti-colonial struggles and the legal, military and political techniques employed by colonial governments to contain them have been imagined in literature and law. Through a series of case studies, the book considers how colonial states of exception have been...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
|
| Colección: | Postcolonialism across the disciplines ;
11. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | States of Emergency examines how violent anti-colonial struggles and the legal, military and political techniques employed by colonial governments to contain them have been imagined in literature and law. Through a series of case studies, the book considers how colonial states of exception have been defined and represented in the contexts of Ireland, India, South Africa, Algeria, Kenya, and Israel-Palestine, and concludes with an assessment of the continuities between these colonial states of emergency and the 'wars on terror' in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. By doing so, the book c. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846317927 1846317924 9781781380758 1781380759 |