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Postcolonial agency : critique and constructivism /

This book complements and balances the attention given by postcolonial theory to the revitalisation and recognition of the agency of colonised peoples. It offers new conceptual scaffolding to those who have inherited the legacy of colonial privilege, and who now seek to responsibly transform this hi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bignall, Simone
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, Ã2010.
Collection:Plateaus.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Series Information; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Critique; 1 The Problem of the Negative; 2 Postcolonial Appropriations; 3 The Problem of the Actual; Part II Constructivism; 4 Power/Desire; 5 Subjectivity; 6 What is 'Postcolonial'?; Conclusion: Postcolonial Agency; Bibliography; Index.